Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
WEB
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
YLT
Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
DBT
— They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
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.