Spreuken 8:3

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

ter zijde van de poorten, aan den ingang der stad, waar de toegang openstaat, laat zij zich luide vernemen:

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
aan de poorten bij de stad, waar men ter deur ingaat, daar roept zij overluid:

Staten Vertaling
Aan de zijde der poorten, voor aan de stad, aan den ingang der deuren roept Zij overluid:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 22:9, Luke 14:21-23, John 18:20, Acts 5:20

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 3:2 - the streets Jeremiah 5:1 - seek Jeremiah 7:2 - Stand John 7:37 - and cried

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She crieth at the gates,.... Of the temple, or of the city, where the courts of judicature were, and persons met on civil accounts; and where people were continually passing and repassing;

at the entry of the city; meeting those that came out of the country to the city upon trade and business;

at the coming in at the doors; of the temple, or city, or private houses; all these expressions denote the publicness of the Gospel ministry, both by Christ himself, who spake openly to the world, always taught in the synagogues and temple, and in secret said nothing; and who ordered his disciples to preach what they heard and received from him upon the house tops, John 18:20; so did the Apostle Paul,

Acts 20:20.

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 8:3. She crieth at the gates — This might be well applied to the preaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles, and their faithful successors in the Christian ministry. He went to the temple, and proclaimed the righteousness of the Most High: he did the same in the synagogues, on the mountains, by the sea-side, in the villages, in the streets of the cities, and in private houses. His disciples followed his track: in the same way, and in the same spirit, they proclaimed the unsearchable riches of Christ. God's wisdom in the hearts of his true ministers directs them to go and to seek sinners. There are, it is true, temples, synagogues, churches, chapels, c. but hundreds of thousands never frequent them, and therefore do not hear the voice of truth: wisdom, therefore, must go to them, if she wishes them to receive her instructions. Hence the zealous ministers of Christ go still to the highways and hedges, to the mountains and plains, to the ships and the cottages, to persuade sinners to turn from the error of their ways, and accept that redemption which was procured by the sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ.