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The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
KJV
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
WEB
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
ASV
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
LSV
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, || The entrance of the openings, she cries aloud,
YLT
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
DBY
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
DRC
Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
GNV
She cryeth besides the gates before the citie at the entrie of the doores,
JPS
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
LXXE
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, saying,

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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
לְיַד־שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃
LXX-Br
Παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
  • 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.
  • Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
  • Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
  • Luke 14:21–23The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled,…

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