Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
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Compare
- BSB
- Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
- KJV
- Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
- WEB
- Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
- ASV
- Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
- DARBY
- Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
- BLB
- Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding give forth her voice?
- ÅB
- Hør, visdommen roper, og forstanden lar sin røst høre.
- OTB
- Roper ikke visdommen, og hever ikke forstanden sin røst?
- B1930
- Hør, visdommen roper, og forstanden lar sin røst høre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 1:20–21
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Read in contextMatthew 3:3
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
Read in contextJohn 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Read in contextProverbs 9:1–3
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Read in contextActs 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Read in contextMark 13:10
And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
Read in contextRomans 15:18–21
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Read in contextIsaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
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