Proverbs 1:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”
Proverbs 1:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 1:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Proverbs 1:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.”
Proverbs 1:20 — World English Bible
Proverbs 1:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;”
Proverbs 1:20 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 1:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,”
Proverbs 1:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 1:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;”
Proverbs 1:20 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 1:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.”
Proverbs 1:20 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 1:20 in Context — Proverbs 1
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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What Does Proverbs 1:20 Mean?
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