Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsLet not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
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.