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Atop the heights[a] beside the road,
    at the crossroads she stands.
Beside gates, before towns,
    at the entrance of doors, she cries out:
“To you, O people,[b] I call,
    and my cry is to the children of humankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:2 Literally “At a head of the heights”
  2. Proverbs 8:4 Literally “men”

At the highest point along the way,
    where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
beside the gate leading into the city,
    at the entrance, she cries aloud:(A)
“To you, O people, I call out;(B)
    I raise my voice to all mankind.

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She takes her stand on the top of the [a]high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors:
“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:2 Lit. heights

On (A)the heights beside the way,
    at the crossroads she takes her stand;
beside (B)the gates in front of (C)the town,
    at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
“To you, O (D)men, I call,
    and my cry is to (E)the children of man.

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