“ Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. ”
Men ... sons of man - The two words are used, which, like viri and homines , describe the higher and the lower, the stronger and the weaker. Compare the Psalms 49:2 note.
Proverbs 8. Wisdom Speaks in her own Person. This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of the book. The series of addresses on practical wisdom is fitly closed by a prof...
men. Hebrew. 'ishim. App-14. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. Unto you, O men - אישים ishim, men of wealth and power, will I call; and not to you alone, for my voice is אל בני אדם al beney Adam, "to...
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice (is) to the sons of man. "O men" (Ishim) - Hebrew, men of high position-do not think my call...
Wisdom's Cry Wisdom now reappears as a preacher, holding forth in all the places where men most do congregate. After expounding in varied ways the excellence of the gifts which she can bestow, she...
O men — i.e., “great ones;” “sons of man” are those of inferior rank; comp. the Hebrew of Isaiah 2:9 , where the same words are translated “great man,” and “mean man.” Comp. the generality of th...
CHAPTER 9 THE FIRST-BORN OF THE CREATOR "Doth not Wisdom cry?"- Proverbs 8:1 In the last chapter a dark and revolting picture of Vice was drawn. This chapter contains a lovely and living pictu...
“Better than Gold” Proverbs 8:1-21 This chapter contains a bewitching picture of Wisdom as a noble matron. Were it not for this feminine touch, we might, suppose that the Preacher had become a...
The section containing the instructions of wisdom ends with two discourses, the first of which is the great call of wisdom. This takes up and deals more minutely with the call in the earlier part of...
Unto you, O men, I call ,.... Not angels, the fallen angels; for, as they had nothing to do with Christ, he had nothing to do with them, or say unto them, Matthew 8:29 ; nor the brutes, irrational...
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man. Ver. 4. Unto you, O men, I call. ] O viri praestantes, - so some render it, O ye eminent men, whether for greatness of birth, wealt...
She standeth in the top of high places Where she may be best seen and heard; not in corners, and in the dark, as the harlot did; by the way in the places of the paths Where many paths meet, where...
To the writer Proverbs 8:1-36 provides one of the clearest proofs that the Lord Jesus is the Son of the Father from eternity. It is certainly not the only Scripture that proves this precious and won...
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of...
To all men without exception, even to the meanest, who are thus called, Psalms 49:2 .
1). Wisdom Calls On Men To Hear Her ( Proverbs 8:1-4 ). Wisdom had been defined for us earlier in the Prologue. She is based on ‘the fear of YHWH' ( Proverbs 1:29 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 9:10...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 8:5 . Wisdom . This is a different word from the one used in Proverbs 8:1 , and may be translated “subtilty,” or “prudence,” and though it is here used in a good sense,...
Proverbs 8:1 . Doth not Wisdom cry? This woman is the reverse of the harlot, in the preseding chapter. She represents true religion clothed in every form of grace and glory: Christ, the Word and W...
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. God revealed in the universe and in humanity The truth, which can guide us to perfection and to happiness, is teaching us always and...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 8:1-20 14. Fourteenth admonitory discourse concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted with the strange woman of Proverbs 7:1-20 ; and...
Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts.
1 Timothy 2:4-6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:19 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; Colossians 1:23 ; Colossians 1:28 ; John 3:16 ; Matthew 11:15 ; Psalms 49:1-3 ; Psalms 50:1 ; Revelation 22:17 ; Titus 2:11 ; T...
O men — To all men without exception.