Proverbs 9:3 (BSB)

She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.

From Proverbs 9. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 9:3

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-12: Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 9:3: She hath sent forth her maidens,.... Not moral virtues, or good works, which subserve the interest of Christ and religion, adorn the Gospel and its professors; nor the liberal arts and sciences, said to be handmaids to divinity; nor angels, ministering spirits to Christ; but the ministers of the Gospel, who being so called does not suppose or encourage women's preaching; but have the name...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 9:3: maidens--servants to invite (compare Psa 68:11; Isa 40:9). highest places--ridges of heights, conspicuous places.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 9:3: She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, (d) Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom.