20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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Wisdom’s Rebuke

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,(A)
    she raises her voice in the public square;

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The Call of Wisdom

20 (A)Wisdom calls aloud [a]outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 in the street

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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21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

21 She cries out in the [a]chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 LXX, Syr., Tg. top of the walls; Vg. the head of multitudes

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

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Wisdom’s Call

Does not wisdom call out?(A)
    Does not understanding raise her voice?
At the highest point along the way,
    where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
beside the gate leading into the city,
    at the entrance, she cries aloud:(B)

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The Excellence of Wisdom

Does not (A)wisdom cry out,
And understanding lift up her voice?
She takes her stand on the top of the [a]high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:2 Lit. heights