Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
WEB
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
YLT
O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
DBT
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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.