NET Bible
"However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention,"
— Proverbs 1:24, NET Bible
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”
“Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; ”
“Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;”
“Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.”
“Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;”
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”
at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention,
and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,
so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.