Proverbs 1:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֣עַן קָ֭רָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ נָטִ֥יתִי יָ֝דִ֗י וְאֵ֣ין מַקְשִֽׁיב׃

Transliteration

ya'an qarati wattəma'enu natiti yadi wə'ein maqshiv

Grammar Details

• *ya'an*: conjunction - because
• *qarati*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I called
• *wattəma'enu*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you refused
• *natiti*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I stretched out
• *yadi*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *wə'ein*: conjunction + construct state particle of negation - and there is no
• *maqshiv*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who pays attention

Word Meanings

• *qarati*: called/summoned/invited
• *wattəma'enu*: you refused/you declined/you rejected
• *natiti*: stretched out/extended/reached out
• *maqshiv*: one who pays attention/listener/heeder

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:12 : 12 I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
• Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
• Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
• Rom 10:21 : 21 But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.
• Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; 6 and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
• Matt 23:37-38 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
• Acts 4:30 : 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
• Heb 12:25-26 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven: 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
• Ps 31:20 : 20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
• Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.