Psalms 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
KJV
Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem ?
Vulgate
ἵνα τί ἀποστρέφεις τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐκ μέσου τοῦ κόλπου σου εἰς τέλος;
LXX
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
ASV
וְֽ/אָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע אֵ֑ל וְ/יֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְ/עֶלְיֽוֹן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
דֵּעוֹת֙
d'vt
noun · 6×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עֶלְי֔וֹן
'lyvn
adjective · 51×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hos 7:2 — And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
- Isa 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Job 15:25 — For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
- Job 22:13 — And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- Job 22:13 — And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- Ps 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ps 59:7 — Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
- Ps 94:7 — Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- Zeph 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will h