Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
WEB
Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
YLT
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.
DBT
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
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.