Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
WEB
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
YLT
Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
DBT
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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.