Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
- KJV
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
- WEB
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
- ASV
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
- LSV
- A hearing ear, and a seeing eye—YHWH has even made both of them.
- YLT
- A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
- DBY
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
- DRC
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
- GNV
- The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.
- JPS
- The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
- LXXE
- The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
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
- אֹ֣זֶן שֹׁ֭מַעַת וְעַ֣יִן רֹאָ֑ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה גַם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὖς ἀκούει, καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρᾷ, Κυρίου ἔργα καὶ ἀμφότερα.
Who and where
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 13:13–16This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
- Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- Ephesians 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope…
- Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Acts 26:18to 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 an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).