Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
WEB
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
YLT
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
DBT
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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.