Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
KJV
Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem : Dominus fecit utrumque.
Vulgate
μὴ εἴπῃς Τίσομαι τὸν ἐχθρόν· ἀλλὰ ὑπόμεινον τὸν κύριον, ἵνα σοι βοηθήσῃ.
LXX
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
ASV
אֹ֣זֶן שֹׁ֭מַעַת וְ/עַ֣יִן רֹאָ֑ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה גַם שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
- Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
- Deut 29:4 — Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- Exod 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Isa 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Isa 42:18 — Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
- John 10:21 — Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
- Luke 8:8 — And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matt 13:13 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
- Ps 94:9 — He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Ps 94:9 — He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Ps 119:18 — Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.