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Proverbs 1:21

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

ἐπ’ ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαρροῦσα λέγει

LXX

She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

ASV

בְּ/רֹ֥אשׁ הֹמִיּ֗וֹת תִּ֫קְרָ֥א בְּ/פִתְחֵ֖י שְׁעָרִ֥ים בָּ/עִ֗יר אֲמָרֶ֥י/הָ תֹאמֵֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ן
n
verb · 33×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:20 — Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
  • Isa 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • 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.
  • Matt 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
  • Matt 13:2 — And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
  • Prov 8:33 — Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
  • Prov 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
  • Prov 9:3 — She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,