Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
WEB
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
YLT
For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones.
DBT
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
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.