Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
WEB
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
YLT
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
DBT
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
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.