11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 34:15
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Psalm 34:15 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- KJV King James Version
- The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The eyes of YHWH [are] to the righteous, || And His ears to their cry.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord watches over those who do right, and he hears when they cry for help.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The eyes of Jehovah [are] unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 33:16 in this edition
- The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֵינֵ֣י | ‘ê·nê | The eyes | H5869 עַ֫יִן eye |
| יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | of the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | are on | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| צַדִּיקִ֑ים | ṣad·dî·qîm | the righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| וְ֝אָזְנָ֗יו | wə·’ā·zə·nāw | and His ears | H241 אֹ֫זֶן ear |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | are inclined | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| שַׁוְעָתָֽם׃ | šaw·‘ā·ṯām | to their cry | H7775 שַׁוְעָה cry |
Related verses
- 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.”
- Psalm 34:17
The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- Psalm 33:18
Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Job 36:7
He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- Psalm 130:2
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40
“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- Daniel 9:17–23
“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. My God, turn your ear, and hear. Open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.” …
- Isaiah 37:14–21
Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh. Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
15 Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
16 Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Read all of Psalm 34 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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