Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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.