A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
WEB
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
YLT
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
DBT
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
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.