Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both. New Living Translation Ears to hear and eyes to see— both are gifts from the LORD. English Standard Version The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both. Berean Standard Bible Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both. King James Bible The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. New King James Version The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both. New American Standard Bible The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made both of them. NASB 1995 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made both of them. NASB 1977 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made both of them. Legacy Standard Bible The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made both of them. Amplified Bible The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The [omnipotent] LORD has made both of them. Christian Standard Bible The hearing ear and the seeing eye — the LORD made them both. Holman Christian Standard Bible The hearing ear and the seeing eye— the LORD made them both. American Standard Version The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The ear that hears and the eye that sees; LORD JEHOVAH has made them. Brenton Septuagint Translation The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work. Contemporary English Version Hearing and seeing are gifts from the LORD. Douay-Rheims Bible The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. English Revised Version The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. GOD'S WORD® Translation The ear that hears, the eye that sees- the LORD made them both. Good News Translation The LORD has given us eyes to see with and ears to listen with. International Standard Version The ear that hears and the eye that sees— the LORD surely made them both. JPS Tanakh 1917 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD hath made even both of them. Literal Standard Version A hearing ear, and a seeing eye—YHWH has even made both of them. Majority Standard Bible Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both. New American Bible The ear that hears, the eye that sees— the LORD has made them both. NET Bible The ear that hears and the eye that sees--the LORD has made them both. New Revised Standard Version The hearing ear and the seeing eye— 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…11Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright. 12Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both. 13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.… Cross References Exodus 4:11 And 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? Psalm 94:9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see? Proverbs 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear. Isaiah 29:18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. Treasury of Scripture The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them. Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Psalm 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? Psalm 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Jump to Previous Ear Ears Equally Eye Eyes Hear Hearing Lord's WorkJump to Next Ear Ears Equally Eye Eyes Hear Hearing Lord's WorkProverbs 20 1. Proper Living(12) The Lord hath made even both of them.--And, therefore, they are to be used as He would have them. (Comp. our Lord's constant warning, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.") The proverb may also remind us of the admonition in Proverbs 15:3, and Psalm 94:9, to remember God's constant watchfulness over us.Verse 12. - The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. This apothegm, which seems to be nothing but a trite truism, brings to notice many important consequences. First, there is the result noted in Psalm 94:9, "He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?" Hence we learn the sleepless providence of God. So 'Pirke Aboth,' "Know that which is above thee, an eye that seeth all, an ear that heareth all." We learn also that all things are directed and overruled by God (comp. Proverbs 15:3; Proverbs 16:4). Then there is the thought that these powers of ours, being the gift of God, should be used piously and in God's service. "Mine ears hast thou opened... Lo, I come... I delight to do thy will, O my God" (Psalm 40:6, etc.). The eye should be blind, the ear deaf, to all that might defile or excite to evil (see Isaiah 33:15). But it is the Lord alone that enables the spiritual organs to receive the wondrous things of God's Law; they must be educated by grace to enable them to perform their proper functions. "God hath given us eyes," says St. Chrysostom ('Hom. 22 in 1 Corinthians'), "not that we may look wantonly, but that, admiring his handiwork, we may worship the Creator. And that this is the use of our eyes is evident from the things which are seen. For the lustre of the sun and of the sky we see from an immeasurable distances, but a woman's beauty one cannot discern so far off. Seest thou that for this end our eye was chiefly given? Again, he made the ear, that we should entertain not blasphemous words, but saving doctrines. Wherefore you see, when it receives anything dissonant, both our soul shudders and our very body also. And if we hear anything cruel or merciless, again our flesh creeps; but if anything decorous and kind, we even exult and rejoice." "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Septuagint, "The ear heareth and the eye sooth, and both are the works of the Lord." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Earsאֹ֣זֶן (’ō·zen) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear that hear שֹׁ֭מַעַת (ma·‘aṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently and eyes וְעַ֣יִן (wə·‘a·yin) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain that see— רֹאָ֑ה (rō·’āh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 7200: To see the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has made עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make them both. שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem) Number - mdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) Links Proverbs 20:12 NIVProverbs 20:12 NLT Proverbs 20:12 ESV Proverbs 20:12 NASB Proverbs 20:12 KJV Proverbs 20:12 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:12 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:12 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:12 French Bible Proverbs 20:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye (Prov. 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