Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
WEB
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
YLT
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
DBT
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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.