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Proverbs 20:12

God's power and sovereigntyCreation

10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

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Compare

BSB
Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
KJV
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
WEB
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
ASV
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
DARBY
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
BLB
The ear hearing, and the eye seeing—YHWH has made even both of them.
ÅB
Â¥ret som hører, og øyet som ser -- Herren har skapt dem begge to.
OTB
Evnen til å høre og se— begge er skapt av Herren.
B1930
Øret som hører, og øiet som ser - Herren har skapt dem begge to.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 13:13–16

    This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

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  • Psalms 94:9

    He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

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  • Psalms 119:18

    Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

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  • Exodus 4:11

    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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  • Ephesians 1:17–18

    that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

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  • Acts 26:18

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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