She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
WEB
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
YLT
At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
DBT
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
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.