11 translations · Greek
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- KJV King James Version
- For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- because the eyes of the LORD [are] on the righteous, and His ears—to their supplication, but the face of the LORD [is] against those doing evil”;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For God sees those who do right, and he hears their prayers, but he opposes those who do evil.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- because the eyes of the Lord [are] upon the righteous, and His ears — to their supplication, and the face of the Lord [is] upon those doing evil;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that do evil.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers: but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὀφθαλμοὶ | ophthalmoi | [the] eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | of [the] Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἐπὶ | epi | [are] on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| δικαίους | dikaious | [the] righteous | G1342 δίκαιος just |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ὦτα | ōta | ears | G3775 οὖς ear |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| εἰς | eis | are inclined to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| δέησιν | deēsin | prayer | G1162 δέησις petition |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| πρόσωπον | prosōpon | [the] face | G4383 πρόσωπον face |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | of [the] Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἐπὶ | epi | [is] against | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ποιοῦντας | poiountas | those who do | G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do |
| κακά | kaka | evil | G2556 κακός evil/harm: evil |
Related verses
- Psalm 34:15–16
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
- John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:3
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15
Now my eyes will be open my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
- Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- James 5:16
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
- Psalm 65:2
You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.
- Ezekiel 15:7
I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will devour them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
10 For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
Read all of 1 Peter 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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