Proverbs 9:2
She has killed her beasts; 1 She has mingled her wine in a bowl, 1 And prepared her table. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
In Context
1Wisdom has built a house for herself, 1 And set up seven pillars. 1
3She has sent forth her servants, 1 Calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 9:5Come, eat of my bread, 1 And drink wine which I have mingled for you. 1
Song of Solomon 8:2I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, 1 And into the chamber of her that conceived me; 1 I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, 1 Of the juice of my pomegranates. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →