Proverbs 9:2
1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
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,
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- KJV
- She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- WEB
- She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
- ASV
- She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
- DARBY
- she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
- BLB
- She has slaughtered her slaughter; she has mixed her wine; indeed, she has arranged her table.
- ÅB
- Hun har slaktet sitt slaktefe, blandet sin vin og dekket sitt bord;
- OTB
- Hun har gjort i stand sitt festmåltid, hun har blandet sin vin;
hun har også dekket sitt bord. - B1930
- Hun har slaktet sitt slaktefe, blandet sin vin og dekket sitt bord;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 22:3–14
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Read in contextIsaiah 25:6
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Read in contextLuke 14:16–17
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
Read in contextProverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Read in contextProverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:2
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Read in contextGenesis 43:16
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:7–8
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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