Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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 crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Read in contextMatthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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.
Read in contextProverbs 9:1–3
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Read in contextActs 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Read in contextMark 13:10
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Read in contextRomans 15:18–21
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Read in contextIsaiah 55:1–3
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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