Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
WEB
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
YLT
That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
DBT
— that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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.