A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
WEB
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
YLT
From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.
DBT
A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.
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.