Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
WEB
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
YLT
Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
DBT
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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.