Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
WEB
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
YLT
By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
DBT
By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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.