Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.
WEB
a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
YLT
A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king--no rising up with him.
DBT
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
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.