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King James Version

Proverbs 1:24

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Counsel;   Fear of God;   God Continued...;   Holy Spirit;   Impenitence;   Instruction;   Obduracy (Hardness);   Opportunity;   Punishment;   Repentance;   Reprobacy;   Self-Will;   Wicked (People);   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Divine;   God;   Impenitence;   Invitations, Divine;   Invitations-Warnings;   King;   Opportunity;   Penitence-Impenitence;   Pleadings, Divine;   Reception-Rejection;   Rejected;   Rejection;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Despisement;   Evil;   Fear;   Finding;   Hate;   Hearing;   Knowledge;   Reproof;   Safety;   Seeking;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Call of God, the;   Judgments;   Prayer, Answers to;   Self-Will and Stubbornness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Esau;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Call, Calling;   Quotations (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hand;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Vocation;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom;   Wisdom of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alexandrian Philosophy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Since I called out and you refused,extended my hand and no one paid attention,
Hebrew Names Version
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
English Standard Version
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
New Century Version
I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
New English Translation
However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention,
Amplified Bible
"Because I called and you refused [to answer], I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
New American Standard Bible
"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
World English Bible
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Because I haue called, & ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, & none woulde regarde.
Legacy Standard Bible
Because I called and you refused,I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
Berean Standard Bible
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Contemporary English Version
You completely ignored me and refused to listen;
Complete Jewish Bible
Because you refused when I called, and no one paid attention when I put out my hand,
Darby Translation
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Easy-to-Read Version
"I tried to help, but you refused to listen. I offered my hand, but you turned away from me.
George Lamsa Translation
For I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and you did not listen:
Good News Translation
I have been calling you, inviting you to come, but you would not listen. You paid no attention to me.
Lexham English Bible
Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
Literal Translation
Because I called, and you refused; I stretch out a hand, and none inclines,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my honde, and no ma regarded it,
American Standard Version
Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
Bible in Basic English
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
King James Version (1611)
Because I haue called, and yee refused, I haue stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
English Revised Version
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde.
Update Bible Version
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded;
Webster's Bible Translation
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
New King James Version
Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
New Living Translation
"I called you so often, but you wouldn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
New Life Bible
I called but you would not listen. I put out my hand and no one gave it a thought.
New Revised Standard
Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
Revised Standard Version
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Young's Literal Translation
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Contextual Overview

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord :

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have called: Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 65:12, Isaiah 66:4, Jeremiah 7:13, Ezekiel 8:18, Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:12, Matthew 22:5, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 23:37, Matthew 23:38, Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 12:26

stretched: Psalms 31:20, Acts 4:30, Romans 10:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:34 - he cried Genesis 27:38 - General Exodus 10:3 - How long 2 Chronicles 36:16 - despised Nehemiah 9:17 - refused Job 33:14 - perceiveth Psalms 27:5 - For in Psalms 68:21 - of such Proverbs 15:32 - refuseth Proverbs 29:1 - General Proverbs 31:20 - She stretcheth Isaiah 65:2 - spread Jeremiah 6:19 - even Jeremiah 9:6 - refuse Jeremiah 35:17 - because Jeremiah 38:21 - if thou Zechariah 7:13 - as Matthew 22:3 - and they would not Mark 12:9 - he will Luke 8:12 - by Luke 13:24 - for Luke 13:34 - and ye Luke 14:24 - General John 7:34 - General Acts 13:41 - ye despisers Acts 24:25 - Go Acts 26:1 - stretched Hebrews 12:17 - he was Revelation 22:11 - that is unjust

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 6:20
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Genesis 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Job 39:9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Job 39:19
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because I have called, and ye refused,.... This is to be understood not of the internal call of Wisdom, or Christ, which is by the special grace of his Spirit; is according to an eternal purpose, the fruit of everlasting love, peculiar to God's elect, and by a divine power; and is also a call to special blessings of grace, and to eternal glory; and which is always effectual, unchangeable, and irreversible, and can never be refused, rejected, and resisted, so as to become void and of no effect: but of the external call by the word, to the natural duties of religion, and to an attendance on the means of grace; which may be where no election goes before, no sanctification attends, nor salvation follows, Matthew 20:16; and this may be refused and rejected, as it often is; as when men, notwithstanding that call, do not attend on the ministry of the word, or, if they do, it is in a negligent careless way; or, they show an aversion to it, despise, contradict, and blaspheme it, as the Jews did, who were the persons first called to hear it; see Matthew 22:2;

I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; this is a gesture of persons calling to others, as orators and preachers, requiring silence and attention; and when eager and fervent, and importunate in their discourses; it is attributed to Christ, Isaiah 65:2; but, notwithstanding all Wisdom's eagerness, zeal, warmth, and importunity, expressed by words and gestures, it was all disregarded; no attention was given to it, which is here complained of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The threats and warnings of Wisdom are also foreshadowings of the teaching of Jesus. There will come a time when “too late” shall be written on all efforts, on all remorse. Compare Matthew 25:10, Matthew 25:30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 1:24. Because I have called — These and the following words appear to be spoken of the persons who are described, Proverbs 1:11-19, who have refused to return from their evil ways till arrested by the hand of justice; and here the wise man points out their deplorable state.

They are now about to suffer according to the demands of the law, for their depredations. They now wish they had been guided by wisdom, and had chosen the fear of the Lord; but it is too late: die they must, for their crimes are proved against them, and justice knows nothing of mercy.

This, or something like this, must be the wise man's meaning; nor can any thing spoken here be considered as applying or applicable to the eternal state of the persons in question, much less to the case of any man convinced of sin, who is crying to God for mercy. Such persons as the above, condemned to die, may call upon justice for pardon, and they may do this early, earnestly; but they will call in vain. But no poor penitent sinner on this side of eternity can call upon God early, or seek him through Christ Jesus earnestly for the pardon of his sins, without being heard. Life is the time of probation, and while it lasts the vilest of the vile is within the reach of mercy. It is only in eternity that the state is irreversibly fixed, and where that which was guilty must be guilty still. But let none harden his heart because of this longsuffering of God, for if he die in his sin, where God is he shall never come. And when once shut up in the unquenchable fire, he will not pray for mercy, as he shall clearly see and feel that the hope of his redemption is entirely cut off.


 
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