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Proverbs 15:3

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15:3The eyes of the Lord7 are in every place,

keeping watch8 on those who are evil and those who are good.

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Proverbs 15:3: The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Footnotes

  1. 7 The proverb uses anthropomorphic language to describe God’s exacting and evaluating knowledge of all people.
  2. 8 The form צֹפוֹת (tsofot, “watching”) is a feminine plural participle agreeing with “eyes.” God’s watching eyes comfort good people but convict evil.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,

keeping watch on the evil and the good.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,

keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,

observing the wicked and the good.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord is watching everywhere,

keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh

keep watch over the evil and the good.

KJV 1900King James Version

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,

Beholding the evil and the good.