Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
WEB
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
YLT
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
DBT
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
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.