Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
WEB
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
YLT
The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.
DBT
The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
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.