Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
WEB
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
YLT
My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
DBT
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
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.