Proverbs 20:12
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
Ears that hear and eyes that see—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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Hearing and seeing are gifts from the LORD.

Good News Translation
The LORD has given us eyes to see with and ears to listen with.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ear that hears, the eye that sees- the LORD made them both.

International Standard Version
The ear that hears and the eye that sees— the LORD surely made them both.

NET Bible
The ear that hears and the eye that sees--the LORD has made them both.
Classic Translations
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.

King James 2000 Bible
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

New Heart English Bible
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD has made even both of them.

World English Bible
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

American King James Version
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

American Standard Version
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

A Faithful Version
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them.

Darby Bible Translation
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

English Revised Version
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
As for the hearinge of the eare & the sight of ye eye, ye LORDE hath made the both.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A hearing ear, and a seeing eye—YHWH has even made both of them.

Young's Literal Translation
A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Smith's Literal Translation
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made, also them two.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The ear that hears and the eye that sees; LORD JEHOVAH has made them.

Lamsa Bible
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD hath made even both of them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.
















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