The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.
WEB
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
YLT
The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
DBT
Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.
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.