Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Two things have I asked of thee; Deny methemnot before I die:
WEB
Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:
YLT
Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.
DBT
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
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.