The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
WEB
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
YLT
Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.
DBT
The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
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.