Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,
WEB
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
YLT
Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
DBT
lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
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.