She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
WEB
When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
YLT
She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
DBT
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
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.