Proverbs 9:14
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- KJV
- For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- WEB
- She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- ASV
- And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
- DARBY
- And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- BLB
- And she sits at the door of her house, upon a seat in the heights of the city,
- ÅB
- Hun sitter foran døren til sitt hus på en trone på en høyde i byen
- OTB
- Hun sitter ved inngangen til sitt hus, på en stol i byens høyder,
- B1930
- Hun sitter foran døren til sitt hus på en trone på en høide i byen
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
Read in contextProverbs 7:10–12
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
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