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Proverbs 8:4

It is you O ye men [saith she] whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Salvation;   Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - Frowardness;   Knowledge;   Perversion;   Righteousness;   Understanding;   Wisdom;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hearing the Word of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Proverbs, Book of;   Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Wisdom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anthropology;   Wisdom;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 1;   Every Day Light - Devotion for February 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“People, I call out to you;my cry is to the children of Adam.
Hebrew Names Version
"To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
King James Version
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
English Standard Version
"To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
New Century Version
"Listen, everyone, I'm calling out to you; I am shouting to all people.
New English Translation
"To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.
Amplified Bible
"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is directed to the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible
"To you, people, I call, And my voice is to mankind.
World English Bible
"To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
Geneva Bible (1587)
O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men.
Legacy Standard Bible
"To you, O men, I call,And my voice is to the sons of men.
Berean Standard Bible
"To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Contemporary English Version
"I am calling out to each one of you!
Complete Jewish Bible
"People, I am calling you, raising my voice to all mankind.
Darby Translation
Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
Easy-to-Read Version
"I am calling out to all of you. I am speaking to everyone.
George Lamsa Translation
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men,
Good News Translation
"I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth.
Lexham English Bible
"To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind.
Literal Translation
I call to you, O men, and my voice is to the sons of men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is you, o ye men (sayeth she) whom I call. Unto you (o ye childre of me) lift I vp my voyce.
American Standard Version
Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
Bible in Basic English
I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
King James Version (1611)
Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
English Revised Version
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ye men, Y crie ofte to you; and my vois is to the sones of men.
Update Bible Version
To you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of man.
Webster's Bible Translation
To you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
New King James Version
"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
New Living Translation
"I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people.
New Life Bible
"I call to you, O men. My voice is to the sons of men.
New Revised Standard
"To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Unto you, O men, I call, and, my voice, is unto the sons of men;
Douay-Rheims Bible
O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
Revised Standard Version
"To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Young's Literal Translation
`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.

Contextual Overview

1 Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes: 3 She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores: 4 It is you O ye men [saith she] whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce. 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles. 6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right: 7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse. 8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them. 9 They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge. 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 49:1-3, Psalms 50:1, Matthew 11:15, John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 1:28, 1 Timothy 2:4-6, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, Revelation 22:17

Reciprocal: Job 28:28 - unto man Job 36:10 - commandeth Psalms 78:1 - General Proverbs 17:16 - a price Isaiah 55:1 - Ho

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
Genesis 8:19
Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.
2 Kings 19:37
And it fortuned, that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God, Adramelech & Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde: And they escaped into the lande of Armenia, and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade.
Isaiah 37:38
Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede.
Jeremiah 51:27
Set vp a token in the lande, blowe the trumpets among the heathen, prouoke the nations agaynst her, call the kyngdomes of Ararat, Menni, and Ascanez, agaynst her, set the prince agaynst her, bryng as great a sort of terrible horses agaynst her as yf they were grashoppers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Unto you, O men, I call,.... Not angels, the fallen angels; for, as they had nothing to do with Christ, he had nothing to do with them, or say unto them, Matthew 8:29; nor the brutes, irrational creatures; for, though the Gospel is to be preached to every creature, yet only to rational ones, Mark 16:15, "men", whom God has loved and Christ has redeemed; these are by the Gospel called, and called effectually. There are some men indeed who are only externally called; but there are others who are also called with an holy calling, of which

Mark 16:15- :. Some think men of eminence are here meant, as rich men, so Aben Ezra; or men of wisdom and knowledge, such as the Scribes and Pharisees, and learned doctors among the Jews; but it rather seems to design men indefinitely, of whatsoever rank or order, state or condition;

and my voice [is] to the sons of men; which some interpret of the poor, as Aben Ezra; or those who are more illiterate, or the common people; so that high and low, rich and poor, have the Gospel preached unto them; but the phrase seems to intend the same as before, the same thing is said in different words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Men ... sons of man - The two words are used, which, like viri and homines, describe the higher and the lower, the stronger and the weaker. Compare the Psalms 49:2 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:4. Unto you, O men — אישים ishim, men of wealth and power, will I call; and not to you alone, for my voice is אל בני אדם al beney Adam, "to all the descendants of Adam;" to the whole human race. As Jesus Christ tasted death for every man, so the Gospel proclaims salvation to all: to YOU - to every individual, my voice is addressed. Thou hast sinned; and thou must perish, if not saved by grace.


 
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