While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
WEB
before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
YLT
While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
DBT
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
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.