These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
WEB
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
YLT
Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --
DBT
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
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.