And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
WEB
through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
YLT
And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, With all precious and pleasant wealth.
DBT
and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.
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.