For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
Parallel translations
- WEB For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
- KJV For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
- NKJV For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
- NASB For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their wrongdoing concealed from My eyes.
- NLT I am watching them closely, and I see every sin. They cannot hope to hide from me.
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Quick answer
God's eyes are on all their ways; nothing they do and no iniquity is hidden from His sight. He sees and will judge every sin, however concealed.
Overview
This declaration of God's complete knowledge undergirds the justice of His judgment; nothing escapes His all-seeing eyes. The truth that sin cannot be hidden from God confronts every false hope of secret wrongdoing. It calls sinners to honest confession rather than concealment, and points to the mercy of the gospel, where forgiven sin is covered by the blood of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Jer 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Prov 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Ps 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Job 34:21–22For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
- Heb 4:13Nothing 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.
- Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- 2 Chr 16:9For 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.”
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- Ps 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
- Ezek 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Isa 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Luke 12:1–2In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Ezek 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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