KJV King James Version
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 8:3
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
WEB World English Bible
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
ASV American Standard Version
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
Surrounding context — Proverbs 8
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
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Cross-references
Job 29:7When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!Acts 5:20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.Luke 14:21-23So 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.Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.John 18:20Jesus 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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