Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
WEB
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
YLT
Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
DBT
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
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.