Proverbs 1:21

Translations

Modern

…in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Traditional

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Literal

At the head of the clamoring she cries out; at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words:

Latin

…in capite turbarum clamitat; in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens:

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

…in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Notes

Proverbs 1:20–33

The author describes wisdom as a woman. In Hebrew, the word for wisdom, khokmah, is grammatically feminine. The author encourages his son to embrace wisdom (see Proverbs 3:18; 8:1–9:6).

Related verses

Acts 5:20
“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
Matthew 13:2
Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
John 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Glossary

Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Female Education Gates of Cities: Chief Places of Concourse Gates of Cities: Proclamations Made At Gates: Place for Public Concourse Gates: The Open Square of, a Place for Idlers Instruction: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Salvation: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sexual Equality The Call of God: Rejection by God Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

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