Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Standeth she not in the high places in the streets and ways?
New American Standard Bible
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
King James Version
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
Holman Bible
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
International Standard Version
On top of the highest places along the road she stands where the roads meet.
A Conservative Version
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
American Standard Version
On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
Amplified
On the top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, wisdom takes her stand;
Bible in Basic English
At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;
Darby Translation
On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
Julia Smith Translation
She stood upon the head of the heights, upon the way of the house of the beaten paths.
King James 2000
She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Atop the heights} beside the road, at the crossroads she stands.
Modern King James verseion
She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the path.
NET Bible
At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;
New Heart English Bible
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
The Emphasized Bible
At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:
Webster
She standeth on the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
World English Bible
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Youngs Literal Translation
At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,
Themes
Frowardness » What has nothing froward in it
Knowledge » Those that find knowledge
Perversion » What has nothing perverse in it
The fruit of righteousness » What is righteous
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom Calls
1 Doth not wisdom cry? Doth not understanding put forth her voice? 2 Standeth she not in the high places in the streets and ways? 3 Doth she not cry before the whole city, and in the gates where men go out and in?
Cross References
Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent forth her maidens to cry upon the highest place of the city:
Proverbs 9:14
sitteth in the doors of her house upon a stool above in the city,