For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
WEB
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
YLT
For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,
DBT
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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.