Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
WEB
Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
YLT
Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
DBT
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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.