My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
WEB
My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
YLT
Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
DBT
My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
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.