Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
WEB
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
YLT
If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
DBT
if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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.