Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
DBT
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.
WEB
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
YLT
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.
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.