Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
WEB
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
YLT
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
DBT
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
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.