Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
WEB
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
YLT
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
DBT
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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.