Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
WEB
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
YLT
Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
DBT
O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
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.