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A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath

Proverbs 15:3

In 11 translations

BSB
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
KJV
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
WEB
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
ASV
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
LSV
The eyes of YHWH are in every place, || Watching the evil and the good.
YLT
In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.
DBY
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
DRC
The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.
GNV
The eyes of the Lord in euery place beholde the euill and the good.
JPS
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
LXXE
The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בְּֽכָל־מָ֭קוֹם עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה צֹ֝פ֗וֹת רָעִ֥ים וטוֹבִֽים׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
LXX-Br
Ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου σκοπεύουσι κακούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  • Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
  • Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
  • 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be…
  • Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
  • Job 34:21–22For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
  • Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
  • Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

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