Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
WEB
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
YLT
For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
DBT
When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
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.