Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
WEB
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
YLT
Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.
DBT
She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
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.