Proverbs 9 · Verse 15

Proverbs 9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:15, King James Version

Proverbs 9:15 in other translations

BSBcalling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
WEBto call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
ASVTo call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
YLTTo call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight on their paths.
DARBYto call passers-by who go right on their ways:
BBECrying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:
WebsterTo call passengers who go right on their ways:

What does Proverbs 9:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 9:15-16
15-16. to allure those who are right-minded, and who are addressed as in Pr 9:4, as simple--that is, easily led (Pr 1:4) and unsettled, though willing to do right.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 9:13-18

How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many ways to withdraw our souls from Christ…

Read the full comment on Proverbs 9:13-18 →

Proverbs 9:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לִקְרֹ֥אlik.Ro'to call outH7121
לְעֹֽבְרֵי\־le.'oe.rei-to [those who] pass by ofH5674
דָ֑רֶךְDa.rekh[the] roadH1870
הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗יםham.ya.she.Rimthose [who] make straightH3474
אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם\׃'O.re.cho.Tampaths theirH734

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 9:15

  • Proverbs 7:25-27

    Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Proverbs 23:27-28

    For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

  • Proverbs 7:13-15

    So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:13-15,25-27; 23:27,28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 9:14

    For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Proverbs 9:15

    To call passengers who go right on their ways:

  • Proverbs 9:16

    Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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Proverbs 9:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para llamar á los que pasan por el camino, que van por sus caminos derechos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		pour appeler ceux qui passent sur la route, qui vont droit leur chemin:
German
Elberfelder 1871		um einzuladen, die des Weges vorübergehen, die ihre Pfade gerade halten:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo: