My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
WEB
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
YLT
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.
DBT
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
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.