Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
WEB
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
YLT
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
DBT
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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.