Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
WEB
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
YLT
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
DBT
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
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.