Proverbs 8:3
New International Version
beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:

New Living Translation
By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud,

English Standard Version
beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:

Berean Standard Bible
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:

King James Bible
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

New King James Version
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:

New American Standard Bible
Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

NASB 1995
Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

NASB 1977
Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

Legacy Standard Bible
Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she makes a shout:

Amplified Bible
Beside the gates, at the entrance to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

Christian Standard Bible
Beside the gates leading into the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:”

American Standard Version
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Over the gates with her mouth she calls, and in the entrances of the gates of The Glorious City.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, saying,

Contemporary English Version
She stands by the city gate where everyone enters the city, and she shouts:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:

English Revised Version
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
near the gates to the city. At the entrance [wisdom] sings its song,

Good News Translation
At the entrance to the city, beside the gates, she calls:

International Standard Version
Beside the gates, at the city entrance— at the entrance to the portals she cries aloud:

JPS Tanakh 1917
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

Literal Standard Version
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, | The entrance of the openings, she cries aloud,

Majority Standard Bible
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:

New American Bible
By the gates at the approaches of the city, in the entryways she cries aloud:

NET Bible
beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

New Revised Standard Version
beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:

New Heart English Bible
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

Webster's Bible Translation
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors.

World English Bible
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:

Young's Literal Translation
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. 3Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: 4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.…

Cross References
Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Proverbs 8:4
"To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.


Treasury of Scripture

She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Matthew 22:9
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Luke 14:21-23
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind…

Romans 15:18-21
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, …

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Verse 3. - The expressions in the text indicate the position which she takes and its capabilities. At the hand of the gates (1 Samuel 19:3). She posts herself at the side of the city gates, under the archway pierced in the wall, where she is sure of an audience. At the mouth of the city, inside the gate, where people pass on their way to the country. At the coming in at the doors, by which persons enter the town. Thus she catches all comers, those who are entering, as well as those who are leaving the city. Here standing, as in the Agora or Forum, she crieth; she calls aloud, saying what follows (vers. 4-36). It is a fine picture of the comprehensiveness of the gospel, which is meant for high and low, prince and peasant; which is proclaimed everywhere, in the courts of kings, in the lanes of the country, in the hovels of the city; which sets forth the infinite love of God, who is not willing that any should perish, but would have all men come to the knowledge of the truth (2 Peter 3:9). Septuagint, "By the gates of the mighty she sits, in the entrances she sings aloud (ὑμνεῖται)."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Beside
לְיַד־ (lə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

the gates
שְׁעָרִ֥ים (šə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

to
לְפִי־ (lə·p̄î-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

the city,
קָ֑רֶת (qā·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7176: Town, city

at the entrances
מְב֖וֹא (mə·ḇō·w)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3996: An entrance, sunset, the west, towards

she cries out:
תָּרֹֽנָּה׃ (tā·rōn·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry


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