Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
WEB
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
YLT
My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
DBT
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
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.