When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
WEB
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
YLT
In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
DBT
When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
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.