Proverbs 9:1
ContextNET © | Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. 2 |
NIV © | Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. |
NASB © | Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; |
NLT © | Wisdom has built her spacious house with seven pillars. |
MSG © | Lady Wisdom has built and furnished her home; it's supported by seven hewn timbers. |
BBE © | Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars. |
NRSV © | Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. |
NKJV © | Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; |
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NET © | Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Chapter 9 forms the conclusion of the lengthy introduction to the book. Both wisdom and folly will make their final appeals; and both appeal to the simpletons. Wisdom offers life with no mention of pleasure; folly offers pleasure with no mention of death. The first twelve verses concern accepting wisdom: the invitation of wisdom (1-6), the description of the responses (7-11), and the consequence (12). Verses 13-18 concern accepting folly: the invitation (13-17) and the consequence (18). 2 sn Wisdom is personified as a wise woman. She has prepared a house and established it on seven pillars. This is a reference to the habitable world (e.g., 8:31). For the equation of the house and the world, e.g., 8:29; Job 38:6; and Psalm 104:5 (also G. Boström, Proverbiastudien [LUÅ], 1-14). The “seven pillars” have been variously interpreted, but since seven is a number for completeness and sacredness, the idea seems to be that wisdom produced a perfect world. |