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Proverbs 8:34
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Anyone who listens to me is happy,watching at my doors every day,waiting by the posts of my doorway.
Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
"Blessed is the person who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
Happy are those who listen to me, watching at my door every day, waiting at my open doorway.
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
"Blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.
blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.
How blessed is the man who hears me,To watch daily at my doors,To keep watch at my doorposts.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
How happy the person who listens to me, who watches daily at my gates and waits outside my doors.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Whoever waits at my door and listens for me will be blessed.
Blessed is the man who heeds me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my threshold.
Those who listen to me will be happy— those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home.
Happy is the person who listens to me, in order to keep watch at my doors day by day, in order to guard the frames of my entrances.
Blessed is the man listening to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is ye man that heareth me, watchinge daylie at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores.
watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessid is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my yatis al dai; and kepith at the postis of my dore.
Blessed is [the] man that hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home!
Happy is the man who listens to me, watching every day at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
Happy is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
How happy the man that doth hearken to me, - keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;
Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
"Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
watching: Proverbs 1:21, Proverbs 2:3, Proverbs 2:4, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 84:10, Psalms 92:13, Matthew 7:24, Luke 1:6, Luke 10:39, Luke 11:28, John 8:31, John 8:32, Acts 2:42, Acts 17:11, Acts 17:12, James 1:22-25
Reciprocal: Exodus 38:8 - assembling 1 Kings 10:8 - happy are these 2 Kings 4:38 - were sitting 2 Chronicles 9:7 - General Nehemiah 8:13 - the second Nehemiah 12:44 - Judah rejoiced Psalms 25:5 - on thee Proverbs 13:4 - but Proverbs 19:20 - receive Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Song of Solomon 1:8 - go Song of Solomon 3:2 - the streets Luke 8:40 - waiting John 1:38 - where John 5:3 - waiting John 5:39 - Search Acts 8:28 - and sitting Acts 17:17 - daily Acts 19:9 - daily Revelation 1:3 - Blessed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed [is] the man that heareth me,.... Christ in his Gospel, as speaking by his ministers; for hearing them is hearing him,
Luke 10:16; they have their commission from him; are his ambassadors, and represent him; receive their gifts from him; speak according to his mind and will, revealed in his word, and preach him himself. This shows with what attention and reverence the Gospel should be heard; what credit should be given unto it; how it ought to be put in practice; this accounts for the efficacy of it on the souls of men, it being no other than the word of Christ, or Christ himself speaking; and from hence it appears how sad and dreadful will be the case of such that despise it: to hear it is the way to have the knowledge of Christ, and an increase of it; faith in Christ, and a growth therein; the joy of faith, and a furtherance of it; love to Christ, and aboundings in it; and to have spiritual food and nourishment; wherefore it is both the duty and privilege of persons to hear the Gospel of Christ, since these things come by it;
watching daily at my gates; the gates of Wisdom's house, the church of Christ, which are the public ordinances thereof; called in Scripture the gates of Zion, Psalms 87:2; in allusion to the gates of cities, where Wisdom cries, or the ministers of Christ preach, Proverbs 1:21; see
Isaiah 26:1; or to the gates of kings, palaces, where courtiers watch to be admitted and received as favourites, or to give in their petitions for themselves or others, Esther 6:10. The church is the palace of the great King; it is an honour to be admitted here, to have a name and a place here, and to sit with the King at his table. Or to the door of the tabernacle, where the people of Israel assembled for worship; or to the gates of the temple, where the priests and Levites watched,
Exodus 29:42. "Watching" is opposed to sleep, both to bodily sleep and to sleepy frames of soul; and to intemperance, not only by eating and drinking, but with the cares of this life; and it denotes circumspection, diligence, and attention. Here sensible sinners watch in the ministry of the word and ordinances, if anything drops that they can catch at, suitable to their case and circumstances; as Benhadad's servants did, 1 Kings 20:33; and here souls, under darkness and desertion, watch for spiritual light and comfort, as they that watch for the morning; and here every believer watches for his spiritual edification and establishment in the truth; and which should be "daily" or "day after day", one Lord's day after another; taking all opportunities, in season and out of season, consistent with the duties of their calling, to hear the word; and so they are to continue to the end of life; for happy is he that shall be found thus watching when his Lord cometh, Luke 12:37;
waiting at the posts of my doors; either in allusion to scholars, who wait the opening of the school doors to go in first, as Jarchi observes: Christ is a teacher; sensible souls are his disciples or scholars; the church is the school where they learn of him, and learn him; and waiting at the door posts of it shows early seeking to Christ, and eagerness for instruction from him, Luke 21:38. Or the allusion may be to clients, waiting at the doors of counsellors y, for counsel, and for patronage and protection, to plead their cause for them; Christ is the wonderful Counsellor, the Advocate with the Father, the Redeemer, mighty and strong, to plead the cause of his people; and therefore it is right to wait at his doors, with whom are counsel and sound wisdom: or else to beggars, that wait at the door for alms; who knock, and wait until the door is opened; tell their case, and wait for relief; receive repulses, and wait still; and will not depart till something is given. So saints should wait at the throne of grace, and upon the word and ordinances, for answers of prayer, performance of promises, and the presence of God and Christ: and so should sinners wait on the outward ministry of the word, remembering the ease of the poor man at the pool, who waited long, and at last had a cure, John 5:5; since faith comes hereby; the Spirit and his graces, Christ and the knowledge of him, are had by such means, as follows.
y "Sub galls cantum consultor ubi ostia pulsat", Horat. Sat. l. 1. Sat. 1. v. 10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The image is suggested probably by the Levites who guarded the doors of the sanctuary Psalms 134:1; Psalms 135:2. Not less blessed than theirs is the lot of those who wait upon Wisdom in the temple not made with hands.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 8:34. Watching daily at my gates — Wisdom is represented as having a school for the instruction of men; and seems to point out some of the most forward of her scholars coming, through their intense desire to learn, even before the gates were opened, and waiting there for admission, that they might hear every word that was uttered, and not lose one accent of the heavenly teaching. Blessed are such.
