Proverbs 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She crieth in the chief place of concourse Where there is most probability of success. The LXX. render it, επ ' ακρων τειχεων κηρυσσεται, she preacheth upon the tops of the walls, or houses, a translation which Houbigant approves. Schultens, not improperly, renders the Hebrew, בראשׁ המיות, at the head, or beginning, of the most frequented streets. In the opening of the gates Where magistrates sit in judgment, and people are assembled. So she crieth, both to the wise and to the unwise, as Paul preached, Romans 1:14. In the city she uttereth her words Not only in the gate, but in every part of the city. Or, in the cities, the singular number being put for the plural.