Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.
WEB
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
YLT
Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!
DBT
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole decision is of 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.