beside the gate leading into the city,
    at the entrance, she cries aloud:(A)
“To you, O people, I call out;(B)
    I raise my voice to all mankind.
You who are simple,(C) gain prudence;(D)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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