Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
WEB
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
YLT
For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
DBT
for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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.