Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
ASV
By me princes rule, And nobles, evenall the judges of the earth.
WEB
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
DBT
by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
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.