Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
WEB
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
YLT
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
DBT
for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
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.