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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
Proverbs 1:19-21
New King James Version
Proverbs 1:19-21
New King James Version
19 (A)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
The Call of Wisdom
20 (B)Wisdom calls aloud [a]outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the [b]chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:20 in the street
- Proverbs 1:21 LXX, Syr., Tg. top of the walls; Vg. the head of multitudes
Proverbs 1:19-21
King James Version
Proverbs 1:19-21
King James Version
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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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:
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