Proverbs 9:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 9:3 : 3 She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
Prov 7:10-12 : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. 11 (She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 9:13
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13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
Prov 9:1-4
4 verses
83%
1Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 8:1-3
3 verses
82%
1Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
Prov 9:15-16
2 verses
82%
15To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 1:20-21
2 verses
81%
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
Prov 7:10-13
4 verses
81%
10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:
Prov 14:1
76%
1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Prov 21:9
76%
9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Prov 5:8
74%
8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Prov 7:8
74%
8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
Prov 7:5-6
2 verses
73%
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
Prov 31:31
73%
31Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
Prov 31:22-23
2 verses
73%
22She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Prov 25:24
72%
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Prov 31:27
72%
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
Prov 2:18
72%
18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
Prov 7:25-27
3 verses
72%
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
Job 29:7
71%
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Prov 8:34
71%
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Job 39:28
71%
28On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
Prov 3:17
71%
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Prov 4:8-9
2 verses
71%
8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
Prov 19:14
71%
14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Prov 5:6
70%
6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
Prov 23:27-28
2 verses
70%
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Isa 3:26
70%
26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Prov 22:14
69%
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Prov 24:7
69%
7Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Ezek 16:31
69%
31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
Prov 31:19
69%
19She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
Prov 7:22
69%
22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
Job 39:18
69%
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Prov 31:14
69%
14She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.
Prov 11:22
69%
22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.