Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
WEB
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
YLT
In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
DBT
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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.