Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
WEB
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
YLT
An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.
DBT
The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
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.