Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
WEB
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
YLT
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
DBT
My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;
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.