Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
WEB
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
YLT
Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.
DBT
Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
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.