Proverbs 1:21

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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?

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

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Compare

BSB
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
KJV
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
WEB
She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
ASV
She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
DARBY
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
BLB
At the head of the clamoring she cries out; at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words:
ÅB
på hjørnet av larmfylte gater roper den, ved portinngangene, rundt omkring i byen taler den og sier:
OTB
Ved hodet av de travle gatene roper hun ut, ved inngangen til byportene holder hun sin tale:
B1930
på hjørnet av larmfylte gater roper den, ved portinngangene, rundt omkring i byen taler den og sier:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 5:20

    Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

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  • Matthew 10:27

    What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

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  • Proverbs 9:3

    She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

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  • Matthew 13:2

    And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

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  • John 18:20

    Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

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