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Proverbs 9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

KJV

ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo :

Vulgate

προσκαλουμένη τοὺς παριόντας καὶ κατευθύνοντας ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν

LXX

To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

ASV

לִ/קְרֹ֥א לְ/עֹֽבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝/מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יָשַׁ֥ר
yshr
verb · 28×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Prov 7:25 — Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
  • Prov 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.