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Proverbs 1:19-21
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 1:19-21
Lexham English Bible
19 Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain—
it will take the life of its possessors.
The Call of Lady Wisdom
20 Wisdom calls out in the streets,
in the squares she raises her voice.
21 On a busy corner[a] she cries out,
at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:21 Literally “head of commotion,” or “head of stirring, bustling”
Proverbs 1:19-21
English Standard Version
Proverbs 1:19-21
English Standard Version
19 (A)Such are the ways of everyone who is (B)greedy for unjust gain;
(C)it takes away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
20 (D)Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at (E)the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
Proverbs 1:19-21
New International Version
Proverbs 1:19-21
New International Version
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.(A)
Wisdom’s Rebuke
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners
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