Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. New Living Translation “I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people. English Standard Version “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. Berean Standard Bible “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. King James Bible Unto 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 American Standard Bible “To you, people, I call, And my voice is to mankind. NASB 1995 “To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. NASB 1977 “To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. Legacy Standard Bible “To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. Amplified Bible “To you, O men, I call, And my voice is directed to the sons of men. Christian Standard Bible “People, I call out to you; my cry is to the children of Adam. Holman Christian Standard Bible People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind. American Standard Version Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And she says, "To you, men, I call, and my voice to the children of men" Brenton Septuagint Translation You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men. Contemporary English Version "I am calling out to each one of you! Douay-Rheims Bible O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men. English Revised Version Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men. GOD'S WORD® Translation "I am calling to all of you, and my appeal is to all people. Good News Translation "I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth. International Standard Version "I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind! JPS Tanakh 1917 Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. Literal Standard Version “To you, O men, I call, | And my voice [is] to the sons of men. Majority Standard Bible “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. New American Bible “To you, O people, I call; my appeal is to you mortals. NET Bible "To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind. New Revised Standard Version “To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live. New Heart English Bible "To you men, I call. I send my voice to the sons of humankind. Webster's Bible Translation To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. World English Bible “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. Young's Literal Translation Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Excellence of Wisdom…3Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: 4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. 5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.… Cross References Proverbs 8:3 Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: Proverbs 8:5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding. Treasury of Scripture To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. Psalm 49:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: … Psalm 50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Jump to Previous Cry Crying Mankind Raise VoiceJump to Next Cry Crying Mankind Raise VoiceProverbs 8 1. the fame6. and evidence of wisdom 10. The excellence 12. the nature 15. the power 18. the riches 22. and the eternity of wisdom 32. Wisdom is to be desired for the blessedness it brings (4) O men--i.e., "great ones;" "sons of man" are those of inferior rank; comp. the Hebrew of Isaiah 2:9, where the same words are translated "great man," and "mean man." Comp. the generality of the invitation of Psalm 49:2.Verses 4-11. - She summons various classes of persons to attend to her, showing how trustworthy she is, and how precious her instruction. Verse 4. - Unto you, O men, I call. "Men," ishim (אִישִׁים); equivalent to ἄνδρες, viri, men in the highest sense, who have some wisdom and experience, but need further enlightenment (Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 141:4). The sons of man; בְּנֵי אָדָם, "children of Adam;" equivalent to ἄνθρωποι, homines, the general kind of men, who are taken up with material interests. St. Gregory notes ('Moral ,' 27:6) that persons (heroines) of perfect life are in Scripture sometimes called "men" (viri). And again, "Scripture is wont to call those persons 'men' who follow the ways of the Lord with firm and steady steps. Whence Wisdom says in the Proverbs, 'Unto you, O men, I call.' As if she were saying openly, 'I do not speak to women, but to men; because they who are of an unstable mind cannot at all understand my words'" ('Moral.,' 28:12, Oxford transl.). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “To you,אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם (’ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to O men, אִישִׁ֣ים (’î·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person I call out, אֶקְרָ֑א (’eq·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read and my cry וְ֝קוֹלִ֗י (wə·qō·w·lî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound is to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the sons בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of men. אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being Links Proverbs 8:4 NIVProverbs 8:4 NLT Proverbs 8:4 ESV Proverbs 8:4 NASB Proverbs 8:4 KJV Proverbs 8:4 BibleApps.com Proverbs 8:4 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 8:4 Chinese Bible Proverbs 8:4 French Bible Proverbs 8:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 8:4 To you men I call! 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