'Understood' in the Bible
The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of menTo see if there are any who understand (act wisely),Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].
God has looked down from heaven upon the children of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
For forty years I loathed that generation, so I said, "They are a people whose hearts continuously err, and they have not understood my ways."
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation;They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)