King James Version
Proverbs 9:15 in the King James Version says “To call passengers who go right on their ways:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To call passengers who go right on their ways:”
Proverbs 9:15 · KJV
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. eaten: Heb. of secrecies
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“passengers”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“who go right”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
“on their ways”
H734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
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