Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
WEB
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
YLT
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
DBT
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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.