Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
WEB
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
YLT
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
DBT
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of herGod;
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.