Proverbs 15:3
New International Version
The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

New Living Translation
The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.

English Standard Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Berean Standard Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

King James Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

New King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

New American Standard Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

NASB 1995
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

NASB 1977
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Legacy Standard Bible
The eyes of Yahweh are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Amplified Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors].

Christian Standard Bible
The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.

American Standard Version
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The eyes of LORD JEHOVAH are in every place, gazing on the good and on the evil.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD sees everything, whether good or bad.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.

English Revised Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The eyes of the LORD are everywhere. They watch evil people and good people.

Good News Translation
The LORD sees what happens everywhere; he is watching us, whether we do good or evil.

International Standard Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing both the evil and the good.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

Literal Standard Version
The eyes of YHWH are in every place, | Watching the evil and the good.

Majority Standard Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

New American Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

NET Bible
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

New Revised Standard Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

New Heart English Bible
The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Webster's Bible Translation
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

World English Bible
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Young's Literal Translation
In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath
2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly. 3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good. 4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.…

Cross References
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war."

Job 28:24
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 31:4
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Job 34:21
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

Proverbs 5:21
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.


Treasury of Scripture

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Job 34:21,22
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings…

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(3) Beholding the evil and the good.--Waiting till the iniquity of the one is full (Genesis 15:16), watching to aid the other (Psalm 34:15; Psalm 34:17).

Verse 3. - The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding - keeping watch on - the evil and the good. The omnipresence and omniscience of Jehovah, the covenant God, is strongly insisted upon, and the sacred name recurs continually in this and the next chapter, and indeed throughout this Book of the Proverbs (see Wordsworth, in loc.). The LXX. renders the verb σκοπεύοιυσι "are watching," as from a tower or high place. To the usual references we may add Ecclus. 15:18, 19 Ecclus. 23:19, 20. Corn. a Lapide quotes Prudentius's hymn, used in the Latin Church at Thursday Lauds -

"Speculator adstat desuper,
Qui nos diebus omnibus
Actusque nostros prospicit
A luce prima in vesperum."

"For God our Maker, ever nigh,
Surveys us with a watchful eye;
Our every thought and act he knows,
From early dawn to daylight's close."


Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The eyes
עֵינֵ֣י (‘ê·nê)
Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

are in every
בְּֽכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

place,
מָ֭קוֹם (mā·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

observing
צֹ֝פ֗וֹת (ṣō·p̄ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

the evil
רָעִ֥ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

and the good.
וטוֹבִֽים׃‪‬ (w·ṭō·w·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


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