Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
WEB
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
YLT
Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
DBT
Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
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.