Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
YLT
`Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'
ASV
Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.
DBT
Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
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.