Proverbs 1:20
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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Compare
- BSB
- Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- KJV
- Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
- WEB
- Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
- ASV
- Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
- DARBY
- Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
- BLB
- Wisdom calls aloud in the street; in the open squares she gives forth her voice.
- ÅB
- Visdommen roper høyt på gaten, den lar sin røst høre på torvene;
- OTB
- Visdom roper høyt i gaten, hun hever sin stemme på de offentlige torgene;
- B1930
- Visdommen roper høit på gaten, den lar sin røst høre på torvene;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Read in contextColossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Read in contextProverbs 8:1–5
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Read in contextLuke 11:49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:24
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Read in contextMatthew 13:54
And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
Read in contextJohn 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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