The Way of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:3
In 11 translations
- 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:
- LSV
- She has sent forth her girls, || She cries on the tops of the high places of the city:
- YLT
- She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:
- DBY
- she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
- DRC
- She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
- GNV
- She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,
- JPS
- She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
- LXXE
- She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, 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
- שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀπέστειλε τοὺς ἑαυτῆς δούλους, συγκαλοῦσα μετὰ ὑψηλοῦ κηρύγματος ἐπὶ κρατῆρα, λέγουσα,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Proverbs 8:1–3Does 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:
- Matthew 22:3–4He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come. Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened…
- Psalms 68:11The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
- Proverbs 1:20–23Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will…
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,…
- 2 Corinthians 5:20–21Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him…
- Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- Luke 14:17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
- 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.’
- Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).