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Wisdom Calls Aloud

Proverbs 1:21

In 11 translations

BSB
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:Or from the top of the wall
KJV
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
WEB
She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
ASV
She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
LSV
She calls at the head of the multitudes, || In the openings of the gates, || In the city she says her sayings:
YLT
At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
DBY
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
DRC
At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
GNV
She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,
JPS
She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
LXXE
And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הֹמִיּ֗וֹת תִּ֫קְרָ֥א בְּפִתְחֵ֖י שְׁעָרִ֥ים בָּעִ֗יר אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπʼ ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαῤῥοῦσα λέγει,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
  • Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
  • Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
  • Matthew 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
  • John 18:20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

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