Proverbs 1:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז יִ֭קְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה יְ֝שַׁחֲרֻ֗נְנִי וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃

Transliteration

'az yiqra'unni wəlo 'e'eneh yəshaḥarunni wəlo yimtsa'unni

Grammar Details

• *'az*: adverb - then
• *yiqra'unni*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they will call me
• *wəlo*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *'e'eneh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will answer
• *yəshaḥarunni*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they will seek me earnestly
• *yimtsa'unni*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they will find me

Word Meanings

• *yiqra'unni*: they will call me/they will summon me
• *'e'eneh*: I will answer/I will respond
• *yəshaḥarunni*: they will seek me earnestly/they will search for me diligently
• *yimtsa'unni*: they will find me/they will discover me

Referenced Verses

• Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
• Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: 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.
• Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
• Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• Matt 25:10-12 : 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
• 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
• Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
• Luke 13:25-28 : 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
• Ps 78:34-36 : 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God. 35 And they remembered{H8799)} that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer{H8802)}. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter{H8762)} him with their mouth, and they lied{H8762)} unto him with their tongues.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
• Hos 5:15-6:4 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.