Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;
WEB
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
YLT
Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,
DBT
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
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.