Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.
WEB
and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
YLT
A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
DBT
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
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.