Proverbs 9 · Verse 2

Proverbs 9:2

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Proverbs 9:2, King James Version

Proverbs 9:2 in other translations

BSBShe has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
WEBShe has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
ASVShe hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
YLTShe hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table.
DARBYshe hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
BBEShe has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.
WebsterShe hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

What does Proverbs 9:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. mingled--to enhance the flavor (Pr 23:30; Is 5:22). furnished--literally, "set out," "arranged."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 She hath killed her beasts - God has made the most ample provision for the innumerable tribes of animal and intellectual beings, which people the whole vortex of created nature.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-12

Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We…

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Proverbs 9:2 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.

טָבְחָ֣הta.ve.Chahshe has slaughteredH2873
טִ֭בְחָהּTiv.chahslaughtering herH2874
מָסְכָ֣הma.se.Khahshe has mixedH4537
יֵינָ֑הּyei.Nahwine herH3196
אַ֝֗ף'AfalsoH637
עָֽרְכָ֥ה'a.re.Khahshe has arrangedH6186
שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ\׃shul.cha.Nahtable herH7979

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Cross references for Proverbs 9:2

  • Matthew 22:3-14

    And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. …

  • Isaiah 25:6

    And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

  • Luke 14:16-17

    Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

  • Proverbs 9:5

    Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  • Proverbs 23:30

    They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

  • Song of Solomon 8:2

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

  • Genesis 43:16

    And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

    Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
killed.
Isa 25:6; Mt 22:3,4-14; 1Co 5:7,8
beasts. Heb. killing.
Ge 43:16
mingled.
5; 23:30; Lu 14:17

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Context

  • Proverbs 9:1

    Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

  • Proverbs 9:2

    She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

  • Proverbs 9:3

    She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

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Proverbs 9:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mató sus víctimas, templó su vino, y puso su mesa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		elle a tué ses bêtes, elle a mixtionné son vin, elle a aussi dressé sa table;
German
Elberfelder 1871		sie hat ihr Schlachtvieh geschlachtet, ihren Wein gemischt, auch ihren Tisch gedeckt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.