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Proverbs 8:3
3Beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:
Proverbs 8:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
- New International Version (NIV)beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:
- English Standard Version (ESV)beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
- New King James Version (NKJV)She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:
Context of Proverbs 8:3
1Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift her voice? 2On the topmost heights along the way, at the crossroads, she takes her stand. Beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud: 4“To you, O men, I call out! My cry is to all mankind! 5O naïve ones, learn prudence! Fools, gain understanding!
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:3 word by word
לְיַד־שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:3
- Matthew 22:9So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’
- Luke 14:21“The slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house got angry and said to his slave, ‘Quickly go out into the squares and alleys of the city and bring here the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.’
- Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Messiah accomplished through me, to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3She crieth at the gates - This might be well applied to the preaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles, and their faithful successors in the Christian ministry. He went to the temple, and proclaimed the righteousness of the Most High: he did the same in the synagogues, on the mountains, by the sea-side, in the villages, in the streets of the cities, and in private houses. His disciples followed his track: in the same way, and in the same spirit, they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3In ancient Near Eastern cities, the city gates had chambers for legal proceedings and business deals. It was a good place for Wisdom to reach many people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-361-4. The publicity and universality of the call contrast with the secrecy and intrigues of the wicked (Pr 7:8, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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