12The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.


In Context

9 The good of eye — he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

10 Cast out a scorner — and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

11 Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.

12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

13 The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

Proverbs 22:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.