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Proverbs 9:3–4

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3She has sent out her female servants;g

she calls out from the highest points of the city:h

4“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”

To the one who lacks sense,i she says,

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Cross references

  1. gPs 68:11; Mt 22:3
  2. hPr 8:2–3; 9:14–15; Mt 10:27
  3. iPr 6:32

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She has sent out her young women to call

from the highest places in the town,

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks sense she says,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

She has sent out her servants, and she calls

from the highest point of the city,

“Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

NLTNew Living Translation

She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.

She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.

“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.

To those who lack good judgment, she says,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

She has sent her servant girls, she calls

upon the wings of the high places of town,

“Whoever is simple, let him turn here.”

As for the one who lacks sense, she says to him,

KJV 1900King James Version

She hath sent forth her maidens:

She crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,