The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
WEB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
YLT
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
DBT
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
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.