Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
WEB
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
YLT
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.
DBT
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
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.