He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
WEB
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
YLT
Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, At his latter end also he is continuator.
DBT
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
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.