Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
WEB
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
YLT
Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
DBT
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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.