Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD has made even both of them.
New American Standard Bible
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 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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD has made even both of them. 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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Cross References
Psalm 94:9
He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
Exodus 4:11
The LORD said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, the LORD?
Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your Law.
Matthew 13:13-16
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance 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 to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;