Proverbs 9:3

It is as though then she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

In Context

2and has slaughtered an animal and cooked the meat, and has mixed nice spices in the wine, and has put the food on the table.

4“You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, it is as though she calls out,

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom [PRS] shouts to people in the streets, and calls out to people in the ◄plazas/town squares►.

Proverbs 9:14They sit at the doors of their houses or they sit on the top of the hills in the town,

Matthew 22:3When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. The servants did that. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.

Luke 11:49So God, who is very wise [PRS], said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to you Jews. You will kill some of them and cause some of them to suffer greatly.

Luke 14:21So the servant returned to his master and reported what everyone had said. The owner of the house was angry when he heard the reasons they gave for not coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city and find poor and crippled and blind and lame people, and bring them here into my house!’

John 18:20Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people [MTY, HYP] could hear me. I have taught them in ◄the synagogues/their meeting places► and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many [HYP] Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly.

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 →

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