Proverbs 8:3
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.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
- KJV
- She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
- WEB
- Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
- ASV
- Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
- DARBY
- Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
- BLB
- At the hand of the gates, at the mouth of the city, at the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
- ÅB
- ved siden av portene, ved byens utgang, i inngangen til portene roper hun høyt:
- OTB
- Ved portene som fører inn til byen, ved inngangen, roper hun:
- B1930
- ved siden av portene, ved byens utgang, i inngangen til portene roper hun høit:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Read in contextLuke 14:21–23
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Read in contextMatthew 22:9
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Read in contextActs 5:20
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Read in contextJohn 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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