There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThere is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
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.