Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
WEB
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
YLT
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
DBT
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.