Proverbs 1:28

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;they will search for me, but won’t find me.

Hebrew Names Version
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

King James Version
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

English Standard Version
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

New Century Version
"Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.

New English Translation
Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

Amplified Bible
"Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer; They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,

New American Standard Bible
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but will not find me,

World English Bible
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;They will seek me earnestly but they will not find me,

Berean Standard Bible
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Contemporary English Version
You will ask for my help, but I won't listen; you will search, but you won't find me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then they will call me, but I won't answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they won't find me.

Darby Translation
—then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Fools will call for me, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me.

George Lamsa Translation
Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer them; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me;

Good News Translation
Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

Lexham English Bible
then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.

Literal Translation
Then they shall call on me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me:

American Standard Version
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Bible in Basic English
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

King James Version (1611)
Then shall they call vpon mee, but I will not answere; they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

English Revised Version
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me.

Update Bible Version
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

New King James Version
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

New Living Translation
"When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

New Life Bible
then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me.

New Revised Standard
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

Revised Standard Version
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Young's Literal Translation
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

Contextual Overview

²⁰Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out: ²²"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn? About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know. As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me. ²⁵"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice, How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles! What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes? You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me. ²⁹"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of- God, Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you, Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it? Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder. First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall they: Genesis 6:3, Job 27:9, Job 35:12, Psalms 18:41, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 11:11, Jeremiah 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, Micah 3:4, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 25:10-12, Luke 13:25-28, James 4:3

they shall seek: Psalms 78:34-36, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 6:1-4

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - this distress Judges 9:7 - Hearken 1 Samuel 28:6 - inquired 2 Samuel 22:42 - unto the Lord 2 Kings 3:13 - get Psalms 32:6 - pray Psalms 50:17 - hatest Psalms 63:1 - early Proverbs 21:13 - cry himself Isaiah 16:12 - when Jeremiah 6:24 - anguish Ezekiel 20:31 - and shall Hosea 5:6 - they John 9:31 - we know Romans 2:9 - Tribulation Romans 11:7 - Israel

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.

Genesis 1:3
God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.

Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it—don't eat that.

Genesis 17:20
"And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I'll also bless him; I'll make sure he has plenty of children—a huge family. He'll father twelve princes; I'll make him a great nation. But I'll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year."

Genesis 33:5
Then Esau looked around and saw the women and children: "And who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children that God saw fit to bless me with."

Job 42:12
God blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.

Psalms 69:34
You heavens, praise him; praise him, earth; Also ocean and all things that swim in it.

Isaiah 45:18
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer,.... As he called them, and they refused to answer to his call, Proverbs 1:24; so it was just in him to return no answer to them, when they called on him to deliver them from the Romans, and save them from ruin: for this was what they called out for, and what they expected, that the Messiah would come and deliver them; this was what they buoyed themselves up with, and made them so desperate to the last;

they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; this is the very thing that Christ told the Jews, and much in the same words with these, John 7:34; for when he was gone, and they were in distress, then they sought after the Messiah, in the desert, and in the secret chambers, and in this and the other place, where they were told he was; but, alas! they could not find him: the true Messiah, whom they had rejected, was come and gone, and would return no more, until his second coming to judgment; or, however, till he came in his kingdom and power, to their ruin and destruction; of which coming of his the Scriptures often speak.