He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or asone infetters to the correction of the fool;
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
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.