To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
WEB
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
YLT
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
DBT
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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.