Proverbs 1:28

NET ©

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek 1  me, but they will not find me.

NIV ©

"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.

NASB ©

"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

NLT ©

"I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

MSG ©

You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.

BBE ©

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

NRSV ©

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.

NKJV ©

"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

KJV
Then shall they call
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upon me, but I will not answer
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they shall seek me early
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but they shall not find
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me:
HEBREW
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alw
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ynnrxsy
<07836>
hnea
<06030>
alw
<03808>
ynnarqy
<07121>
za (1:28)
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LXXM
estai
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V-FMI-3S
gar
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PRT
otan
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ADV
epikaleshsye
 
V-AMS-2P
me
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P-AS
egw
<1473>  
P-NS
de
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PRT
ouk
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ADV
eisakousomai
<1522>  
V-FMI-1S
umwn
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P-GP
zhthsousin
<2212>  
V-FAI-3P
me
<1473>  
P-AS
kakoi
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A-NPM
kai
<2532>  
CONJ
ouc
<3364>  
ADV
eurhsousin
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V-FAI-3P
NET © [draft] ITL
Then
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they will call
<07121>
to me, but I will not
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answer
<06030>
; they will diligently
<07836>
seek me, but they will not
<03808>
find
<04672>
me.
NET © Notes

1 tn Heb “look to.” The verb שָׁחַר (shakhar, “to look”) is used figuratively of intensely looking (=seeking) for deliverance out of trouble (W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 366); cf. NLT “anxiously search for.” It is used elsewhere in parallelism with בָּקַשׁ (baqash, “to seek rescue”; Hos 5:15). It does not mean “to seek early” (cf. KJV) as is popularly taught due to etymological connections with the noun שַׁחַר (shakhar, “dawn”; so BDB 1007 s.v. שָׁחַר).