Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
ASV
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.
WEB
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
YLT
The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.
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.