Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
WEB
winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
YLT
Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
DBT
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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.