Proverbs 1:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,

New Living Translation
“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

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

Berean Study Bible
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

New American Standard Bible
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but will not find me,

NASB 1995
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

NASB 1977
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,

Amplified Bible
“Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer; They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,

Christian Standard Bible
Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they will call me, but I won't answer; they will search for me, but won't find me.

Contemporary English Version
You will ask for my help, but I won't listen; you will search, but you won't find me.

Good News Translation
Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"They will call to me at that time, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me,

International Standard Version
"Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

NET Bible
Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

New King James Version
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

King James 2000 Bible
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

New Heart English Bible
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

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

American King James Version
Then shall they call on me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

American Standard Version
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

A Faithful Version
Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

Darby Bible Translation
-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

English Revised Version
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Then they call me, and I do not answer, "" They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.

Young's Literal Translation
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

Smith's Literal Translation
Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:

Catholic Public Domain Version
then they will call to me, and I will not heed, they will arise in the morning, and not find me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Then they will call on me and I shall not answer them, and they will come early to my presence and they will not find me

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then will they call me, but I will not answer, They will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
















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