PRO 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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UST Wisdom is like a woman who calls out to everyone in public.
⇔ Indeed, wisdom is like a woman who shouts to people in the crowded places.

BSB  ⇔ Wisdom calls out in the street,
⇔ she lifts her voice in the square;

OEB Wisdom cries aloud in the streets,
⇔ in the squares echoes her voice,

WEB  ⇔ Wisdom calls aloud in the street.
⇔ She utters her voice in the public squares.

NET Wisdom calls out in the street,
 ⇔ she shouts loudly in the plazas;

LSV Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place,
She gives forth her voice in broad places,

FBV Wisdom calls out in the streets; she[fn] shouts aloud in the squares.

1:20 “She”: in Proverbs, wisdom is personified as a woman.

T4T Wisdom [PRS] shouts to people in the streets,
⇔ and calls out to people in the ◄plazas/town squares►.

LEB • in the squares she raises her voice.

BBE Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

ASV  ⇔ Wisdom crieth aloud in the street;
 ⇔ She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

DRA Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

YLT Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

DBY Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

RV Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

WBS Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

KJB ¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:[fn]
(¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:)

1.20 Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom

BB Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes:
(Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth/puts forth her voice in the streetes:)

GNV Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
(Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voice in the streetes. )

CB Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes.
(Wy?dome crieth without, and putteth/puts forth her voice in the stretes.)

WYC Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.
(Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it giveth/gives his voice.)

LUT Die Weisheit klagt draußen und läßt sich hören auf den Gassen.
(The Weisheit klagt outside and läßt itself/yourself/themselves listenn on the Gassen.)

CLV [Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam:[fn]
([Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam:)

1.20 Sapientia. Hucusque persecutiones, quas Christo Judæi intulere; hinc ea, quæ per apostolos persecutoribus eisdem post passionem loquitur. Sapientia, id est Christus, loquitur foris, id est in luce palam, ut relicta infantia sint parvuli malitia. RAB. Sapientia quippe Dei Christus est, etc., usque ad cuiquam dicerent. Foris. ID. Aperte, post resurrectionem, etc., usque ad: in platea vocem ejus. In plateis dat vocem suam, etc. Quæ ante paucos docuerat, manifeste replicabat, unde: Quæ dico vobis in tenebris, dicite in lucem.

1.20 Sapientia. Hucusque persecutiones, quas Christo Yudæi intulere; hinc ea, which per apostolos persecutoribus eisdem after passionem loquitur. Sapientia, id it_is Christus, loquitur foris, id it_is in luce palam, as relicta infantia sint parvuli malitia. RAB. Sapientia quippe God Christus it_is, etc., usque to cuiquam dicerent. Foris. ID. Aperte, after resurrectionem, etc., usque ad: in platea vocem his. In plateis dat vocem his_own, etc. Quæ before paucos docuerat, manifeste replicabat, unde: Quæ dico to_you in darkness, dicite in lucem.

BRN Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

BrLXX Σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παῤῥησίαν ἄγει.
(Sofia en exodois humneitai, en de plateiais paῤɽaʸsian agei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

In 1:20–33, wisdom is spoken of as if it were a woman speaking to the people. See the discussion of this in the General Notes for this chapter.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶת־נֶ֖פֶשׁ & יִקָּֽח

(Some words not found in UHB: wisdom in/on/at/with,street calls_out in/on/at/with,squares raises voice,her )

Here, the phrase takes the life of means to kill someone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it kills”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

חָ֭כְמוֹת בַּ⁠ח֣וּץ תָּרֹ֑נָּה בָּ֝⁠רְחֹב֗וֹת תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽ⁠הּ

wisdom in/on/at/with,street calls_out in/on/at/with,squares raises voice,her

These two clauses and the two clauses of the next verse mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a word that shows the connection between these two clauses. Alternate translation: “Wisdom cries out outside, indeed, she gives her voice in the open places”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

חָ֭כְמוֹת & תָּרֹ֑נָּה & תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽ⁠הּ

wisdom & calls_out & raises voice,her

Here Solomon speaks of Wisdom as if it were a woman who cries out or gives her voice. He means that Wisdom is available to all people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Wisdom is available … it is available” or “Wisdom is like a woman who cries out … like a woman who gives her voice” or “It is as if wisdom cries out … it is as if wisdom gives its voice”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָ֭כְמוֹת

wisdom

See how you translated the abstract noun Wisdom in 1:2.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠ח֣וּץ

in/on/at/with,street

Here, outside refers to the public space outside of one’s house where there would be many people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the streets”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽ⁠הּ

raises voice,her

This is an idiom that means she spoke very loudly. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “she speaks with a loud voice”

Parallel PRO 1:20