20Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;


In Context

17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

19 Such is the end of all who go after ill- gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;

21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets: