| Proverbs 1:20 Parallel Translations |  |
|
| NASB: | Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Wisdom sings her song in the streets. In the public squares she raises her voice.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: |
| ASV: | Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; |
| BBE: | Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places; |
| DBY: | Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways; |
| ERV: | Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places; |
| JPS: | Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places; |
| WBS: | Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: |
| WEB: | Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. |
| YLT: | Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, |
| Proverbs 1:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?
Proverbs 9:3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city: (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 1:20 {q} Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the {r} streets:
(q) This wisdom is the eternal word of God.
(r) So that no one can pretend ignorance. |
| WES: | 1:20 Wisdom - Having expressed the counsels of wicked men, he now declares the voice of wisdom. By wisdom he understands the wisdom of God revealed to men in his word. And this is said to cry with a loud voice, to intimate God's earnestness in inviting sinners to repentance. Abroad - Or, in the streets or open places. Not in corners, but openly before all the world. |
| MHC: | 1:20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that make a jest of every thing. Scoffers at religion, that run down every thing sacred and serious. 3. Fools. Those are the worst of fools that hate to be taught, and have a rooted dislike to serious godliness. The precept is plain; Turn you at my reproof. We do not make a right use of reproofs, if we do not turn from evil to that which is good. The promises are very encouraging. Men cannot turn by any power of their own; but God answers, Behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you. Special grace is needful to sincere conversion. But that grace shall never be denied to any who seek it. The love of Christ, and the promises mingled with his reproofs, surely should have the attention of every one. It may well be asked, how long men mean to proceed in such a perilous path, when the uncertainty of life and the consequences of dying without Christ are considered? Now sinners live at ease, and set sorrow at defiance; but their calamity will come. Now God is ready to hear their prayers; but then they shall cry in vain. Are we yet despisers of wisdom? Let us hearken diligently, and obey the Lord Jesus, that we may enjoy peace of conscience and confidence in God; be free from evil, in life, in death, and for ever. |
| CONC: | Aloud Broad Broadways Calls Cries Crieth Crying Forth Giveth Lifts Loud Markets Open Out-place Places Public Raises Raiseth Shouts Square Squares Street Streets Uttereth Utters Voice Wisdom |
| PREV: | Aloud Broad Broadways Calls Cries Crieth Crying Forth Lifts Markets Open Out-Place Places Public Raises Raiseth Shouts Square Squares Street Streets Uttereth Utters Voice Wisdom |
| NEXT: | Aloud Broad Broadways Calls Cries Crieth Crying Forth Lifts Markets Open Out-Place Places Public Raises Raiseth Shouts Square Squares Street Streets Uttereth Utters Voice Wisdom |
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. | | Online Parallel Bible |