Proverbs 1:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

KJV

¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom

WEB

Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

ASV

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

LSV

Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, || She gives forth her voice in broad places,

YLT

Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

DBY

Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

DRC

Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

GNV

Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

JPS

Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

LXXE

Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חָ֭כְמוֹת בַּח֣וּץ תָּרֹ֑נָּה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παῤῥησίαν ἄγει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
• Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
• Proverbs 8:1–5Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: “To you, O men, I…
• Luke 11:49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
• 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
• Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
• John 7:37On 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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