Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
WEB
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
YLT
Noisy she is , and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
DBT
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
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.