Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
WEB
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
YLT
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
DBT
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
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.