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Psalm 94:8–10

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94:8Take notice of this,8 you ignorant people!9

You fools, when will you ever understand?

94:9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?

Does the one who forms the human eye not see?10

94:10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?

He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

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Footnotes

  1. 8 Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.
  2. 9 Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”
  3. 10 Heb “The one who plants an ear, does he not hear? The one who forms an eye, does he not see?”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Understand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

He who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who teaches man knowledge—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?

Does he who disciplines nations not punish?

Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Pay attention, you stupid people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,

the one who formed the eye not see?

The one who instructs nations,

the one who teaches mankind knowledge—

does he not discipline?

NLTNew Living Translation

Think again, you fools!

When will you finally catch on?

Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?

Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?

He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you?

He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You pay attention, O brutes among the people.

And you fools, when will you show insight?

Will the one who planted the ear not hear?

Will the one who formed the eye not see?

Will the one who instructs nations not rebuke,

the one who teaches humankind knowledge?

KJV 1900King James Version

Understand, ye brutish among the people:

And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?

He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct?

He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?