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Selected Verse: Proverbs 8:34 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 8:34	King James	Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
watching . . . waiting--literally, "so as to watch"; wait, denoting a most sedulous attention.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

watching . . . waiting--literally, "so as to watch"; wait, denoting a most sedulous attention.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The image is suggested probably by the Levites who guarded the doors of the sanctuary Psa 134:1; Psa 135:2. Not less blessed than theirs is the lot of those who wait upon Wisdom in the temple not made with hands.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The image is suggested probably by the Levites who guarded the doors of the sanctuary Psa 134:1; Psa 135:2. Not less blessed than theirs is the lot of those who wait upon Wisdom in the temple not made with hands.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Waiting - As servants or clients, wait at the doors of princes or persons of eminency.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Waiting - As servants or clients, wait at the doors of princes or persons of eminency.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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