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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
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
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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