Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.

King James Version

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Holman Bible

The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.

International Standard Version

The ear that hears and the eye that sees the LORD surely made them both.

A Conservative Version

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, LORD has made even both of them.

American Standard Version

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Amplified


The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The [omnipotent] Lord has made both of them.

Bible in Basic English

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

Darby Translation

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Julia Smith Translation

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made, also them two.

King James 2000

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made {them both}.

Modern King James verseion

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made both of them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the hearing of the ear and the sight of the eye, the LORD hath made them both.

NET Bible

The ear that hears and the eye that sees -- the Lord has made them both.

New Heart English Bible

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD has made even both of them.

The Emphasized Bible

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh hath made them, both.

Webster

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

World English Bible

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

Youngs Literal Translation

A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ear
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

and the seeing
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the Lord

Usage: 0

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

Context Readings

Foolproof Instructions

11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright. 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Cross References

Psalm 94:9

He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

Exodus 4:11

Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

Matthew 13:13-16

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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 a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

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