Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
WEB
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
YLT
The ways of Sheol--her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
DBT
Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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.