Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
WEB
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
YLT
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
DBT
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
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.