Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
WEB
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
YLT
A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
DBT
he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
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.