Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
WEB
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
YLT
To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
DBT
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of hisgodly ones.
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.