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Psalms 94:9
9God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t see?
Psalms 94:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- New International Version (NIV)Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
Context of Psalms 94:9
7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it. The God of Jacob doesn’t even pay attention to it.” 8Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools? God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t see? 10He disciplines nations. Do you think he can’t punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn’t know anything? 11The Lord knows that people’s thoughts are pointless.
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:9 word by word
הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:9
- Exodus 4:11The Lord asked him, “Who gave humans their mouths? Who makes humans unable to talk or hear? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? It is I, the Lord!
- Proverbs 20:1Wine ⌞makes people⌟ mock, liquor ⌞makes them⌟ noisy, and everyone under their influence is unwise.
- Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine Adam’s descendants.
- Psalms 17:3You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
- Psalms 44:21wouldn’t God find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
- Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me.
- Jeremiah 23:23“I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? - This is allowed to be an unanswerable mode of argumentation. Whatever is found of excellence in the creature, must be derived from the Creator, and exist in him in the plenitude of infinite excellence. God, says St. Jerome, is all eye, because he sees all; he is all hand, because he does all things; he is all foot, for he is every where present. The psalmist does not say, He that planted the ear, hath he not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9He that planted the ear - He that made the ear. The word here used in the original is a participle. “Shall not he planting the ear;” that is, the “planter” of the ear. The idea seems to have been taken from the act of making a “hole” in the ground when we set out a plant - as if, in like manner, a “hole” had been made in the side of the head to insert the ear. Shall he not hear? - He could not have created the faculty of hearing, without possessing it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9It makes no sense for people who have ears and eyes to think that their Creator is deaf and blind.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. The evidence of God's providential government is found in His creative power and omniscience, which also assure us that He can punish the wicked in regard to all their vain purposes.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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