The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
WEB
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
YLT
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
DBT
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
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.