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Complete Jewish Bible

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house or on a seat at the heights of the city,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Fool;   Harlot (Prostitute);   Ignorance;   Lasciviousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fool, Foolishness, Folly;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Harlot;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Throne;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Throne;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverbs, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;   Rabbah Bar Bar Ḥana;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She sits by the doorway of her house,on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Hebrew Names Version
She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
King James Version
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
English Standard Version
She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
New American Standard Bible
She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,
New Century Version
She sits at the door of her house at the highest place in the city.
New English Translation
So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Amplified Bible
She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high and conspicuous places of the city,
World English Bible
She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,
Legacy Standard Bible
She sits at the doorway of her house,On a seat by the high places of the city,
Berean Standard Bible
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
Contemporary English Version
She sits in front of her house and on the highest hills in the town.
Darby Translation
And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Easy-to-Read Version
She sits on her chair at the door of her house, up on the highest hill of the city.
George Lamsa Translation
A foolish woman is enticing; she does not know what shame is; she sits at the door of her home on a high seat,
Good News Translation
She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of town,
Lexham English Bible
She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne at the high places of town,
Literal Translation
And she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
sytteth in the dores of hir house vpo a stole aboue in the cite,
American Standard Version
And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
Bible in Basic English
Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
King James Version (1611)
For she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate, in the high places of the Citie:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
English Revised Version
And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
Update Bible Version
And she sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
Webster's Bible Translation
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
New King James Version
For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
New Living Translation
She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
New Life Bible
She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the high places of the city.
New Revised Standard
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
Revised Standard Version
She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
Young's Literal Translation
And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,

Contextual Overview

13 The foolish woman is coarse; she doesn't think, and she doesn't know a thing. 14 She sits at the door of her house or on a seat at the heights of the city, 15 calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways, 16 "Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!" To someone weak-willed she says, 17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 But he doesn't realize that the dead are there, and that those who accept her invitation are in the depths of Sh'ol.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she: Proverbs 7:10-12

in: Proverbs 9:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:10 - as she spake Proverbs 7:12 - General Ezekiel 16:25 - at every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For she sitteth at the door of her house, e.] Idle and inactive, looking out for her prey not active and laborious, as Wisdom, building her house, killing her beasts, furnishing her table, and sending out her maidens to call in her guests; but exposing herself in the most public manner, and being at the utmost ease, sitting as a queen; see Revelation 18:7; and as it follows,

on a seat, or "throne" p; the same seat, or throne, power, and authority, which the dragon gave to the beast, or antichrist, placed at Rome, where this woman reigns; see Revelation 13:2;

in the high places of the city; the city of Rome, and its jurisdiction, the high places of which are their temples, or churches; where this foolish woman is noisy and clamorous, proclaims her folly, and endeavours to seduce and raw persons to her superstition and idolatry. "Merome", the word for "high places", has some affinity with Rome, and comes from the same root q.

p על כסא "super solium", Montanus, Junius Tremellius "super solio", Piscator, Michaelis, Schultens; "in thronum", Cocceius. q From רום "altus"; hence that of Virgil--"altae moenia Romae", Aeneid. l. 1. v. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Contrast with Proverbs 9:1, etc. The foolish woman has her house, but it is no stately palace with seven pillars, like the home of Wisdom. No train of maidens wait on her, and invite her guests, but she herself sits at the door, her position as prominent as that of Wisdom, counterfeiting her voice, making the same offer to the same class (compare Proverbs 9:16 with Proverbs 9:4).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 9:14. For she sitteth at the door of her house — Her conduct here marks at once her folly, impudence, and poverty. See above on Proverbs 7:6, &c., where the reader will find a similar character.


 
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