sentences:  The editor was therefore probably a Babylonian Jew, although this cannot be definitely decided.The midrash has not been fully preserved; for there are no comments on several chapters (3, 7, 18), and other chapters have only partial comments.The editor of Yalkut Shimoni used some portions of this midrash which are now missing, although it may be assumed that not all the teachings which he attributed to this midrash were really a part of the Midrash Mishlei which he had at hand.