Proverbs 1:28

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

Proverbs 1:28 · King James Version

In other versions

Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
ASV
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
BBE
-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
DBY
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
WEB
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
YLT
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
ENG
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
WBT
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
BSB

²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.