Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
DBT
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:
WEB
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
YLT
The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
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.