Proverbs 8:4
2 On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
- KJV
- Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
- WEB
- “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
- ASV
- Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
- DARBY
- Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
- BLB
- “To you⁺, O men, do I call, and my voice [is] to the sons of man!
- ÅB
- Til dere, dere menn, roper jeg, og min røst lyder til menneskenes barn.
- OTB
- "Til dere, folk, roper jeg, og min røst er til hele menneskeheten.
- B1930
- Til eder, I menn, roper jeg, og min røst lyder til menneskenes barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
Read in contextPsalms 50:1
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
Read in contextJohn 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Read in contextPsalms 49:1–3
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Read in contextRevelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:4–6
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:19–20
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Read in contextColossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
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