Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
WEB
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
YLT
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
DBT
Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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.