Proverbs 9:14

“For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Proverbs 9:14

For she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate, in the high places of the Citie:
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Proverbs chapter 9

She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
- American Standard Version (1901)

Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,
- Basic English Bible

And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- Darby Bible

Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
- Douay Rheims Bible

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- Webster's Bible

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- World English Bible

And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

sangron's comment on 2020-08-07 07:40:15:

9:10 /I can not fully understood how can I get wisdom and understanding through the Bible.

"fear of the LORD", "kowledge of the holy"

john baker's comment on 2020-06-24 07:36:19:

john 7-11

Chris's comment on 2020-06-23 23:57:51:

The whole of chapter 9 in Proverbs is to show a comparison between Wisdom & Folly (= foolishness). As you must have read the earlier verses (1 - 12), you saw the traits of one who uses wisdom. Now both Wisdom & Folly are used here in the feminine gender but not to denigrate the female in any way, but in Hebrew, as in many other languages, those words are in the feminine gender. So, Foolishness is seen as Wisdom's opposite & verses 13 -18 demonstrate that.

The imagery of Foolishness is shown as 'a foolish woman'. Clearly, this woman is personified as a harlot as you can see from the following verses in this chapter. Foolishness is the display of simpleness & ignorance (v13); she sits in a prominent position to call out to the simple men to come into her chambers (v14); both the wise & simple men walk by her, but the simple ones turn in because they are attracted by her alluring calls (v15,16); she convinces them that there can be more pleasure from doing wrong or doing things in secret when no one is looking (v17). But Wisdom's final word (v18) is: "But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell": i.e. the simple can't see 'past their noses' (or, see past their heightened sinful desires) to take into account that that "the wages of sin is death" (Rom 6:23) & all those who give in to her (foolishness), will join the throng of sinners who succumbed to the wiles of the devil.

Donna Duck's comment on 2020-06-23 13:21:36:

I am reading Proverbs 9; however, I am having a problem understanding Proverbs9:13-15.

I would appreciate any help in understanding these versus.

Thanks

Donna

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