Proverbs 25:1
New International Version
These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

New Living Translation
These are more proverbs of Solomon, collected by the advisers of King Hezekiah of Judah.

English Standard Version
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.

Berean Standard Bible
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

King James Bible
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

New King James Version
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

New American Standard Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

NASB 1995
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

NASB 1977
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

Legacy Standard Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

Amplified Bible
These are also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

Christian Standard Bible
These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

American Standard Version
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
These also are the deep proverbs of Solomon which the friends of Hezekiah king of Judah wrote:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
These are the miscellaneous instructions of Solomon, which the friends of Ezekias king of Judea copied out.

Contemporary English Version
Here are some more of Solomon's proverbs. They were copied by the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias king of Juda copied out.

English Revised Version
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These also are Solomon's proverbs that were copied by the men of King Hezekiah of Judah.

Good News Translation
Here are more of Solomon's proverbs, copied by scribes at the court of King Hezekiah of Judah.

International Standard Version
Here are some more proverbs by Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Literal Standard Version
These are also proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:

Majority Standard Bible
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

New American Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon. The servants of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transmitted them.

NET Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

New Revised Standard Version
These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

New Heart English Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Webster's Bible Translation
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

World English Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Young's Literal Translation
Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

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Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
1These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah: 2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.…

Cross References
1 Kings 4:32
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Proverbs 1:1
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

Proverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.


Treasury of Scripture

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

which

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 36:22
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Isaiah 37:2
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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XXV.

7.THE THIRD GREAT DIVISION OF THE BOOK; ANOTHER COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, CHIEFLY PARABOLIC IN CHARACTER (Proverbs 25-29).

(1) These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out.--To this time they had existed, it may be, partly by oral tradition, partly in writing, but now Hezekiah, in his anxiety to preserve these sacred memorials of the past, had them copied out and formed into one collection. To his care we probably also owe the compilation of Books II. (Psalms 42-72) and III. (73-89) of the Psalter, in the former of which are included several psalms of David's which had not found a place in Book I., though this last-named book consists almost, if not entirely, of psalms ascribed to him. In the same manner the present book (Proverbs 25-29) contains proverbs of Solomon which apparently were not known to the compiler of the previous collection.

Verse 1-ch. 29. - Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects. Verse 1. - The superscription: These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Judah copied out. The word "also" implies that a previous collection was known to the compiler of the present book - probably the one which we have in Proverbs 10-22:16, of which nine proverbs are inserted here. But there was still a large number of proverbial sayings attributed to Solomon, and preserved partly by oral tradition and partly in writing, which it was advisable to collect and secure before they were lost. The zeal of Hezekiah took this in hand. He was not, as far as we know, an author himself, but he evidently felt a warm interest in literature, and "the men of Hezekiah," not mentioned elsewhere, must have been his counsellors and scholars, to whom was entrusted the duty of gathering together into a volume the scattered sayings of the wise king. Among those contemporaries, doubtless, Isaiah was eminent, and it is not improbable that Shebna the scribe and Josh the chronicler were members of the learned fraternity (2 Kings 18:18). The verb rightly translated "copied out" (athak) means, properly, "to remove," "to transfer" from one place to another (transtulerunt, Vulgate); hence it signifies here to copy into a book words taken from other writings or people's mouths. The sayings thus collected, whether truly Solomon's or not, were extant under his name, and were regarded as worthy of his reputation for wisdom. The title is given in the Septuagint, thus: Αῦται αἱ παιδεῖαι Σαλωμῶντος αἱ ἀδιάκριτοι α}ς ἐξεγραψαντο οἱ φίλοι Ἐζεκίου τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας. What is meant by ἀδιάκριτοι is uncertain. It has been translated "impossible to distinguish," equivalent to "miscellaneous;" "beyond doubt," equivalent to "genuine," "hard to interpret," as in Polyb., 15:12, 9. St. James (James 3:17) applies the term to wisdom, but the interpreters there are not agreed as to the meaning, it being rendered "without partiality," "without variance," "without doubtfulness," etc. It seems best to take the word as used by the LXX. to signify "mixed," or "miscellaneous."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
These [are]
אֵ֭לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

additional
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

proverbs
מִשְׁלֵ֣י (miš·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

of Solomon,
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

which
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were copied by
הֶ֝עְתִּ֗יקוּ (he‘·tî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6275: To remove, to grow old, to transcribe

the men
אַנְשֵׁ֤י ׀ (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Hezekiah
חִזְקִיָּ֬ה (ḥiz·qî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2396: Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites

king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Judah:
יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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