Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.
WEB
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
YLT
Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
DBT
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
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.