Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
WEB
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
YLT
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
DBT
The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with 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.