OJPS · 1917
Proverbs — Book Source
JPS Tanakh 1917
31 chapters, numbered 1–31 in this edition.
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Language: English. Collection scope: jewish tanakh.
Public domain. This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation, not the copyrighted New JPS Tanakh.
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