Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
WEB
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
YLT
For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
DBT
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
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.