Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIf thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
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.