Proverbs 8:4 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:4

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

KJV

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ASV

Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

WEB

“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.

YLT

`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

DBT

Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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15 verses on the floor

Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Matthew 11:15
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Psalms 78:1
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 50:1
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

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The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

My voice is to the sons of men, who are concerned to receive instruction, and to whom, one would think, it should be very welcome. It is not, to you, O Jews! only, that Wisdom cries, nor to you, O gentlemen! not to you, O scholars! but to you, O men! O sons of men! even the meanest." 6.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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