She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
YLT
She is watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.
ASV
She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
DBT
She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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.