Proverbs 8:4 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:4

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Unto you, O men - אישים ishim, men of wealth and power, will I call; and not to you alone, for my voice is אל בני אדם 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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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,

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם	'a.lei.Khem	to you	H413 →
אִישִׁ֣ים	'i.Shim	O people	H376 →
אֶקְרָ֑א	'ek.Ra'	I call	H7121 →
וְ֝קוֹלִ֗י	ve.ko.Li	and voice my	H6963 →
אֶל־	'el-	[is] to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] children of	H1121 →
אָדָֽם׃	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
John 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.
leads to
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 1 John 4:9–10
  This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- John 3:15
  that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Through
Revelation 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.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Revelation 21:6
  And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Isaiah 55:1–3
  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs