Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah; How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
WEB
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
YLT
Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
DBT
Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
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.