Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So she caught him, and kissed him, Andwith an impudent face she said unto him:
WEB
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
YLT
And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
DBT
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
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.