Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
KJV
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
WEB
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
ASV
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
DARBY
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
BLB
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars.
ÅB
Visdommen har bygget sitt hus, hun har hugget til sine syv stolper.
OTB
Visdom har bygget sitt hus; hun har hugget ut sine syv søyler.
B1930
Visdommen har bygget sitt hus, hun har hugget til sine syv stolper.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 16:18

    And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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  • Revelation 3:12

    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

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  • Galatians 2:9

    And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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  • 1 Peter 2:5–6

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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  • Ephesians 2:20–22

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:9–15

    For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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  • 1 Kings 7:2–3

    He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

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  • 1 Kings 7:21

    And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

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