Proverbs 20:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.”

Proverbs 20:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 20:12 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Proverbs 20:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Proverbs 20:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.”

Proverbs 20:12 — World English Bible

Proverbs 20:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”

Proverbs 20:12 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”

Proverbs 20:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 20:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”

Proverbs 20:12 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 20:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.”

Proverbs 20:12 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 20:12 in Context — Proverbs 20

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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What Does Proverbs 20:12 Mean?

Proverbs 20:12 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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