King James Version
Proverbs 1:28 in the King James Version says “Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:”
Proverbs 1:28 · KJV
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation , and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then shall they call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“upon me but I will not answer”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“they shall seek me early”
H7836properly, to dawn, i.e., (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but they shall not find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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