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By the gate before the city,
    at the entrances she shouts:

I cry out to you, people;
    my voice goes out to all of humanity.
Understand skill, you who are naive.
    Take this to heart, you fools.

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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.
You who are simple,(C) gain prudence;(D)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds