9:3a–b

She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out: Grammatically, the pronoun she refers to Wisdom in both clauses. In the context, however, it is clearly the servant women who actually invite people, using Wisdom’s words. In some languages, it may be clearer to make this information explicit. For example:

She has sent her servant women to call out (Good News Translation)
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She has sent her servant women to announce her invitation (Contemporary English Version)

9:3a

She has sent out her maidservants: Wisdom’s maidservants are her “servant women” (Good News Translation) or female servants, whom she has sent to invite the guests.

9:3b

from the heights of the city: This phrase probably refers to the places in the town from which the inhabitants can most easily see and hear the servant women. Here is another way to translate this:

from the highest places in the town (New Revised Standard Version)

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