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Proverbs 9:1

NETBible	Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
NLT © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Wisdom has built her spacious house with seven pillars.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Lady Wisdom has built and furnished her home; it's supported by seven hewn timbers.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 9:1	Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 9:1	Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
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KJV	Wisdom <02454> hath builded <01129> (8804) her house <01004>_, she hath hewn out <02672> (8804) her seven <07651> pillars <05982>_:
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:1	Wisdom <02451> has built <01129> her house <01004> , She has hewn <02672> out her seven <07651> pillars <05982> ;
LXXM	h <3588> T-NSF sofia <4678> N-NSF wkodomhsen <3618> V-AAI-3S eauth <1438> D-DSF oikon <3624> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ uphreisen {V-AAI-3S} stulouv <4769> N-APM epta <2033> N-NUI
NET [draft] ITL	Wisdom <02454> has built <01129> her house <01004> ; she has carved out <02672> its seven <07651> pillars <05982> .
HEBREW	hebs <07651> hydwme <05982> hbux <02672> htyb <01004> htnb <01129> twmkx (9:1) <02454>

NETBible

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.²

NET Notes

¹sn 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).

²sn 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.