He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Parallel translations
- WEB He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
- BSB He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
- NKJV He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
- NASB He who planted the ear, does He not hear? Or He who formed the eye, does He not see?
- NLT Is he deaf—the one who made your ears? Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
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Quick answer
The God who made the ear surely hears, and the God who formed the eye surely sees. The Creator cannot lack the very faculties He gave.
Overview
By a powerful argument from creation, the psalmist exposes the folly of thinking God neither hears nor sees. The Maker of our senses possesses perfect knowledge of all He has made. Nothing is hidden from God's sight, a truth that both warns the wicked and comforts the oppressed (Hebrews 4:13; Proverbs 20:12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Jer 23:23–24Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Ps 44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Prov 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
- Ps 139:1–12O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- Ps 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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