EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Proverbs 8:4
4‘I call out to all of you, wherever you live on earth.
Proverbs 8:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
- New International Version (NIV)“To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
Context of Proverbs 8:4
2She stands where people will hear her, on the hills along the road. She stands where different paths meet. 3She stands near the gates where people go into the city. This is what she says: ‘I call out to all of you, wherever you live on earth. 5You who are silly, learn to be wise! You who are fools, learn to understand what is right. 6Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:4 word by word
אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם אִישִׁ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וְ֝קוֹלִ֗י אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:4
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, people from every nation. Yes, listen carefully, everyone who lives in this world!
- Psalms 50:1God, the great God, the Lord, is speaking. He is calling everybody on the earth, from where the sun rises in the east, to where it goes down in the west.
- Matthew 11:15You have ears, so listen well to what I say!’
- John 3:16God loved the people in the world so much that he gave his one and only Son to save them. As a result, everyone who believes in the Son will not die. Instead, they will live for ever with God.’
- 2 Corinthians 5:19God's message is this: By Christ's death, God was bringing people of the world back to himself, as his friends. He would no longer keep their sins in his thoughts. This is the message that God wants us to tell people.
- Colossians 1:23But you must continue to believe God's true message. Do not turn away from it. Continue to trust God, as you did when you first heard the good news. People have told this good news to everyone all over the world. And God has chosen me, Paul, as his servant to tell this good news.
- 1 Timothy 2:4He wants to save all people. He wants everyone to know his message about what is true.
- Revelation 22:17God's Spirit and all God's people answer Jesus. They say, ‘Yes, come!’ God's people are like a bride for Jesus. Everyone who hears this should also say to Jesus, ‘Come!’ Anyone who is thirsty should come to Jesus. Then that person will receive from Jesus the water that gives life. Anyone who wants it may take it. They will not have to pay anything for it.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Unto you, O men - אישים ishim, men of wealth and power, will I call; and not to you alone, for my voice is אדם בני אל 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Men 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 Psalm 49:2 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The first part of Proverbs reaches a peak when the son meets two women. Both invite the young man, and the reader, into a close relationship. The young man and the reader must choose between: The woman named Wisdom, who represents God's true wisdom (Proverbs 8:1–9:6) The woman named Folly (9:13–18), who represents worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16) Both women's houses are on "the heights of the city" (Proverbs 9:3, 14), which suggests ancient…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-361-4. The publicity and universality of the call contrast with the secrecy and intrigues of the wicked (Pr 7:8, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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