Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
WEB
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
YLT
For, a son I have been to my father--tender, And an only one before my mother.
DBT
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
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.