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Proverbs 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.


Proverbs 20:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 20:128 words
HebrewMeaning
אֹ֣זֶןʾōzen
audiencenounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
שֹׁ֭מַעַתšōmaʿat
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
וְ/עַ֣יִןwəʿayin
eyeconjH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
רֹאָ֑הrōʾāh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עָשָׂ֥הʿāśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
גַםgam
againadvH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
שְׁנֵי/הֶֽםšənēyhem
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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