Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
WEB
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
YLT
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
DBT
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
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.