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Proverbs 9:3
3She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
Proverbs 9:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
- New International Version (NIV)She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
- English Standard Version (ESV)She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
- New King James Version (NKJV)She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
Context of Proverbs 9:3
1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns. 2She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table. She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city. 4“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says, 5“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
Read all of Proverbs 9Proverbs 9:3 word by word
שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 9:3
- Matthew 22:3When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
- Luke 11:49This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’
- Luke 14:17When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’
- Luke 8:1Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with him,
- John 7:37On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!
- John 18:20Jesus replied, “Everyone knows what I teach. I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the people gather. I have not spoken in secret.
Commentaries on Proverbs 9:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3She hath sent forth her maidens - The wisdom of God has made use of the most proper means to communicate Divine knowledge to the inhabitants of the earth; as a good and gracious Creator wills to teach them whence they came, how they are supported, whither they are going, and for what end they were formed. It is a custom to the present day, in Asiatic countries, to send their invitations to guests by a company of females, preceded by eunuchs: they go to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Wisdom and the “foolish woman” Proverbs 9:13 speak from the same places and to the same class - the simple, undecided, wavering, standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life or death.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3In the ancient Near East, people built temples on high places above the city. Being wise means being dedicated to the Lord (see Proverbs 9:14 for comparison).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. maidens--servants to invite (compare Psa 68:11; Is 40:9). highest places--ridges of heights, conspicuous places.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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