Proverbs 9:3
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
- KJV
- She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
- WEB
- She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
- ASV
- She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
- DARBY
- she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
- BLB
- She has sent out her maidens; she calls out on the tops of the heights of the city:
- ÅB
- hun har sendt ut sine piker, hun roper oppe fra byens høyder:
- OTB
- Hun har sendt ut sine tjenere, og hun roper fra byens høyeste steder,
- B1930
- hun har sendt ut sine piker, hun roper oppe fra byens høider:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 9:14
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
Read in contextProverbs 8:1–3
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Read in contextMatthew 22:3–4
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
Read in contextPsalms 68:11
The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
Read in contextProverbs 1:20–23
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Read in contextLuke 14:17
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Read in contextRomans 10:15
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Read in contextJohn 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
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