the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 8:2
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At the heights overlooking the road,at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
On the hilltops along the road and at the crossroads, she stands calling.
At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;
On the top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, wisdom takes her stand;
On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands.
She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths.
At the top of the heights upon the way,Where the pathways meet, she takes her stand;
On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
as she stands at the crossroads and on every hill.
On the heights along the road, where the paths meet, she is standing;
On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
Wisdom stands at the top of the hill, by the road where the paths meet.
For wisdom is on the top of high places, she stands between the ways and by the paths.
Atop the heights beside the road, at the crossroads she stands.
She stands in the top of high places, by the wayside, in the houses of the paths,
Stondeth she not in the hye places in the stretes & wayes?
On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;
In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
Shee standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the pathes.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes:
For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
In souereyneste and hiy coppis, aboue the weie, in the myddis of pathis,
On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands;
She standeth on the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet.
On the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads.
She takes her stand on the top of the hill beside the way, where the paths meet.
On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:
Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths,
On the heights beside the way, in the paths she takes her stand;
At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,
On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 3:2 - the streets Jeremiah 7:2 - Stand Luke 14:21 - Go
Cross-References
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,
It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down.
When Noah was 601 years old, on the first day of the first month, the water was gone. Noah removed the covering of the boat, looked around, and saw that the ground was getting dry.
Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain,
when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the ocean
You threw me down into the depths, to the very bottom of the sea, where the waters were all around me, and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
I, too, am a man under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, ‘Go!' and he goes; and I order that one, ‘Come!' and he comes; and I order my slave, ‘Do this!' and he does it."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
She standeth in the top of high places,.... To be both seen and heard, for which reason Christ went up into a mountain and preached, Matthew 5:1;
by the way; the roadside, to instruct and direct passengers as they go along, to show them the right way, and caution them against taking wrong ways; so did Christ, Matthew 16:6;
in the places of the paths; or, "between the paths" s; where more ways than one met together, and so difficult to know which was the right path to take; here Christ stands in the ministry of the word to direct, and says, "this is the way, walk ye in it", Isaiah 30:21; and as there are many ways which are proposed to men to walk in, some of open profaneness and impiety, and others that have a show of religion and devotion, but both lead men wrong; the ministers of Christ show, and he by them, the way of salvation, and how to avoid such as lead to destruction, Acts 16:17.
s בית נתיבת "in mediis semitis", V. L. "inter semitas", Tigurine version, Baynus; so some in Vatablus; "in mediis compitis", Schultens; to the Targum, Sept. and Arabic versions.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The full enumeration of localities points to the publicity and openness of Wisdom’s teaching (see Proverbs 1:20 note), as contrasted with the stealth and secrecy and darkness which shroud the harlot’s enticements Proverbs 7:9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 8:2. In the places of the paths. — בית נתיבת נצבה beith nethiboth nitstsabah, "The constituted house of the paths." Does not this mean the house of public worship? the tabernacle or temple, which stands a centre to the surrounding villages, the paths from all the parts leading to and terminating at it? In such a place, where the holy word of God is read or preached, there in a particular manner does wisdom cry, and understanding lift up her voice. There are the warnings, the precepts, and the promises of eternal truth; there the bread of God is broken to his children, and thither they that will may come and take the water of life freely.
