Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
WEB
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
YLT
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
DBT
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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.