New English Translation
Proverbs 9:4
4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.
Proverbs 9:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- New International Version (NIV)“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
Context of Proverbs 9:4
2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding. 5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. 6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
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מִי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה חֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב אָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 9:4
- Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 6:32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
- Proverbs 8:5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
- Psalms 19:7The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
- Psalms 119:130Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
- Revelation 3:17Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
Commentaries on Proverbs 9:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Whoso is simple - Let the young, heedless, and giddy attend to my teaching. Him that wanteth understanding - Literally, he that wanteth a heart; who is without couraye, is feeble and fickle, and easily drawn aside from the holy commandment.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Wisdom appeals mainly to those who are naive and lack good judgment because they have not yet chosen between wisdom and foolishness. See Proverbs 9:16, where Foolishness copies and then distorts Wisdom's words.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Compare Pr 1:4; 6:32). Wisdom not only supplies right but forbids wrong principles.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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