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Proverbs 9:3

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

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ASV

She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

KJV

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָֽׁלְחָ֣הsha.le.Chahshe has sent outH7971 →
נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָna.'a.ro.Tei.hafemale servants herH5291 →
תִקְרָ֑אtik.Ra'she calls outH7121 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
גַּ֝פֵּ֗יga.Pei[the] elevations ofH1610 →
מְרֹ֣מֵיme.Ro.mei[the] heights ofH4791 →
קָֽרֶת׃Ka.ret[the] townH7176 →

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Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,Proverbs 8:1–3Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?Matthew 22:3–4He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.Proverbs 1:21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:Psalms 68:11The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:Proverbs 1:20–23Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;Luke 14:21–23The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’Luke 14:17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”John 18:20“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.Luke 11:49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’2 Corinthians 5:20–21Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.Jeremiah 17:19This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.Proverbs 8:2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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