Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
WEB
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
YLT
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
DBT
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
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.