Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.
WEB
She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
YLT
She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.
DBT
She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
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.