Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
DBT
He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
WEB
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
YLT
All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
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.