I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
WEB
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
YLT
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
DBT
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
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.