Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
WEB
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
YLT
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
DBT
in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
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.