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Proverbs 9

Proverbs 9:2

The Way of Wisdom · Proverbs 9:1–12
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Translations

Modern
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Traditional
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Literal
She has slaughtered her slaughter; she has mixed her wine; indeed, she has arranged her table.
Latin
Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.

Original

Hebrew
English
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Notes

Proverbs 9:2

In the ancient Near East, people held a great banquet for a marriage, a military victory, or a treaty. Wisdom's celebration marks the start of a committed relationship with the listener.

Proverbs 9:1–6

In Proverbs 9:13–18, a competing invitation challenges this offer to join Wisdom for a lavish meal.

Proverbs 8:1–9:18

The first part of Proverbs reaches a peak when the son meets two women. Both invite the young man, and the reader, into a close relationship. The young man and the reader must choose between:

Both women's houses are on "the heights of the city" (Proverbs 9:3, 14), which suggests ancient temples. The choice is between the true God and false gods.

Theme notes and profiles

The Choice of Life or Death

Parallels

Proverbs 1:1–7

Glossary

Banquet Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Entertainments: Invitations to Repeated Through Servants when all Things Were Ready Entertainments: Preparations Made For Food: Articles of Meat Hospitality: General Scriptures Concerning Salvation: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Diet of the Jews: Articles Used for Flesh The Ox: (Prepared for a Feast) the Provision of the Gospel Wine of the Blessing of the Gospel Wine of the Joy of Wisdom Wine: Often Spiced to Increase Its Strength Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to