Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
WEB
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
YLT
Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.
DBT
Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.
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.