Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
WEB
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
YLT
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
DBT
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
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.