House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
WEB
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
YLT
House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.
DBT
House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife 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.