Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
ASV
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not.
WEB
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
YLT
The path of life--lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths--thou knowest not.
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.