Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
ASV
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
WEB
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
YLT
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
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.