Proverbs 9:1
What does Proverbs 9:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 9:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars--seven.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
Context
v.1This passage
v.2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 7:2
For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
- Ephesians 2:20
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
- Galatians 2:9
and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.
- Revelation 3:12
He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.
- 1 Kings 7:6
And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
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