Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
WEB
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
YLT
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
DBT
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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.