Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
WEB
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
YLT
All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
DBT
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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.