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Proverbs 8:4

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

KJV

O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.

Vulgate

Ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, παρακαλῶ, καὶ προίεμαι ἐμὴν φωνὴν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων.

LXX

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

ASV

אֲלֵי/כֶ֣ם אִישִׁ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וְ֝/קוֹלִ֗/י אֶל בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§721Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts …

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Job 36:10 — He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
  • John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • Matt 11:15 — He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Prov 17:16 — Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
  • Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 78:1 — Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
  • Rev 22:17 — And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.