Listen! Wisdom {\cf2\super [2]} is trying to teach people. She (Wisdom) is shouting in the streets and in the market place.
Proverbs 1:21 - Easy To Read Version She is calling out on the busy street corners. She is near the city gates trying to get people to listen to her. \{Wisdom says:\} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: In the city she uttereth her words, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: American Standard Version (1901) She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: Common English Bible Above the noisy crowd, she calls out. At the entrances of the city gates, she has her say: Catholic Public Domain Version She cries out at the head of crowds; at the entrance of the gates of the city, she offers her words, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: |
Listen! Wisdom {\cf2\super [2]} is trying to teach people. She (Wisdom) is shouting in the streets and in the market place.
“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?
Listen! Wisdom and Understanding\par are calling for you to listen.\par
They are near the gates of the city.\par They are calling out from the open doors.\par
And then she sent her servants to town to invite people to come up to the hill in the city \{and eat with her\}. She said,
I tell you these things in the dark (secretly). But I want you to tell these things in the light. I speak these things quietly and only to you. But you should tell these things freely to all people.
Many, many people gathered around Jesus. So Jesus got into a boat and sat down. All the people stayed on the shore.
Jesus answered, “I have always spoken openly to all people. I always taught in the synagogues {\cf2\super [232]} and in the temple {\cf2\super [233]} area. All the Jews come together there. I never said anything in secret.
“Go and stand in the temple {\cf2\super [92]} yard. Tell the people everything about this new life \{in Jesus\}.”