Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
WEB
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
YLT
Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
DBT
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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.