Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
WEB
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
YLT
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
DBT
And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
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.