Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
WEB
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
YLT
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.
DBT
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
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.