Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To the wise the way of lifegoethupward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
WEB
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
YLT
A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
DBT
The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
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.