[1][2] The book is a compilation of several wisdom literature collections, with the heading in 1:1 may be intended to regard Solomon as the traditional author of the whole book, but the dates of the individual collections are difficult to determine, and the book probably obtained its final shape in the post-exilic period.

[4] The following table shows the Hebrew text[5][6] of Proverbs 19 with vowels alongside an English translation based upon the JPS 1917 translation (now in the public domain).

[7] There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC.

Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;

[8] The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.