Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
WEB
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
YLT
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,
DBT
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
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.