For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
WEB
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
YLT
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
DBT
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
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.