Psalms 14:2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
KJV
Qui ingreditur sine macula, et operatur justitiam ;
Vulgate
πορευόμενος ἄμωμος καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην, λαλῶν ἀλήθειαν ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ·
LXX
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
ASV
יְֽהוָ֗ה מִ/שָּׁמַיִם֮ הִשְׁקִ֪יף עַֽל בְּנֵי אָ֫דָ֥ם לִ֭/רְאוֹת הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ מַשְׂכִּ֑יל דֹּ֝רֵשׁ אֶת אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה
nshqph
verb · 22×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 19:3 — Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
- Dan 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
- Eccl 7:10 — Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
- Gen 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
- Isa 8:19 — And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
- Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Isa 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jer 8:6 — I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jer 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Jer 51:17 — Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Matt 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
- Prov 2:9 — Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
- Prov 8:5 — O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- Prov 9:16 — Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- Prov 21:8 — The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Ps 33:13 — The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
- Ps 33:13 — The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
- Ps 82:5 — They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
- Ps 92:6 — A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- Ps 102:19 — For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- Ps 102:19 — For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- Rom 3:11 — There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- Rom 3:11 — There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.