Proverbs 8:3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Proverbs 8:3 in other translations
| BSB | Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: |
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| 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: |
| YLT | At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, |
| DARBY | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud. |
| BBE | Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: |
| Webster | She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors. |
What does Proverbs 8:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:1-4
Pr 8:1-36. Contrasted with sensual allurements are the advantages of divine wisdom, which publicly invites men, offers the best principles of life, and the most valuable benefits resulting from receiving her counsels. Her relation to the divine plans and acts is introduced, as in Pr 3:19, 20, though more fully, to commend her desirableness for men, and the whole is closed by an assurance that those finding her find…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 8:1-11
Chapter Outline Christ, as Wisdom, calls to the sons of men. (1-11) The nature and riches of Wisdom. (12-21) Christ one with the Father, in the creation of the world, and rejoicing in his work for the salvation of man. (22-31) Exhortations to hear Christ's word. (32-36) Verses 1-11 The will of God is made known by the works of creation, and by the consciences of men, but more clearly by Moses and the prophets. The…
Proverbs 8:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 8:3
- Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
- Luke 14:21-23
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Matthew 22:9
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- Acts 5:20
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
- John 18:20
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Proverbs 8:2
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
- Proverbs 8:3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
- Proverbs 8:4
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Proverbs 8:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En el lugar de las puertas, á la entrada de la ciudad, á la entrada de las puertas da voces: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À côté des portes, à l’entrée de la ville, là où l’on passe pour entrer, elle crie: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Zur Seite der Tore, wo die Stadt sich auftut, am Eingang der Pforten schreit sie: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens: |