Proverbes 8:3

3 Près des portes, devant la ville, à l'entrée des rues, elle s'écrie:

Proverbes 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:3

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 ) ( Matthew 10:27 ) ; so did the Apostle Paul, ( Acts 20:20 Acts 20:27 ) .

Proverbes 8:3 In-Context

1 La sagesse ne crie-t-elle pas, et l'intelligence ne fait-elle pas entendre sa voix?
2 Elle se place au sommet des hauteurs, sur le chemin, aux carrefours.
3 Près des portes, devant la ville, à l'entrée des rues, elle s'écrie:
4 O hommes! je vous appelle, et ma voix s'adresse aux enfants des hommes.
5 Vous, stupides, apprenez le discernement; vous, insensés, devenez intelligents de cœur.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.