Proverbs 8:34
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Webster's Revision
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
World English Bible
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Definitions for Proverbs 8:34
Clarke's Proverbs 8:34 Bible Commentary
Watching daily at my gates - Wisdom is represented as having a school for the instruction of men; and seems to point out some of the most forward of her scholars coming, through their intense desire to learn, even before the gates were opened, and waiting there for admission, that they might hear every word that was uttered, and not lose one accent of the heavenly teaching. Blessed are such.
Barnes's Proverbs 8:34 Bible Commentary
The image is suggested probably by the Levites who guarded the doors of the sanctuary Psalm 134:1; Psalm 135:2. Not less blessed than theirs is the lot of those who wait upon Wisdom in the temple not made with hands.
Wesley's Proverbs 8:34 Bible Commentary
8:34 Waiting - As servants or clients, wait at the doors of princes or persons of eminency.
