Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man.
WEB
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
YLT
As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
DBT
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
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.