Proverbs 1:21 “in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her…”

Proverbs 1:21

in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

World English Bible

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

American Standard Version

She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

Geneva Bible 1599

She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

Darby Translation

she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

Young's Literal Translation

At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

Bible in Basic English

Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

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Cross references

“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,”

Acts 5:20 Proverbs 9:3 Matthew 10:27 Matthew 13:2 John 18:20

Acts 5:20 · BSB

“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

Proverbs 9:3 · BSB

She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.

Matthew 10:27 · BSB

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Matthew 13:2 · BSB

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

John 18:20 · BSB

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

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