Job 34:21

34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,

he observes all a person’s ¹  steps.

Psalms 90:8

90:8 You are aware of our sins; ² 

you even know about our hidden sins. ³ 

Proverbs 5:21

5:21 For the ways of a person ⁴  are in front of the Lord’s eyes,

and the Lord ⁵  weighs ⁶  all that person’s ⁷  paths.

Jeremiah 16:17

16:17 For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 32:19

32:19 You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. ⁹  You see everything people do. ¹⁰  You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ¹²  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (a person) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “you set our sins in front of you.”

³ tn Heb “what we have hidden to the light of your face.” God’s face is compared to a light or lamp that exposes the darkness around it.

⁴ tn Heb “man.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn BDB 814 s.v. פָּלַס 2 suggests that the participle מְפַּלֵּס (mÿpalles) means “to make level [or, straight].” As one’s ways are in front of the eyes of the Lord, they become straight or right. It could be translated “weighs” since it is a denominative from the noun for “balance, scale”; the Lord weighs or examines the actions.

⁷ tn Heb “all his”; the referent (the person mentioned in the first half of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hidden from before me. And their sin is not hidden away from before my eyes.”

⁹ tn Heb “[you are] great in counsel and mighty in deed.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “your eyes are open to the ways of the sons of men.”

¹¹ tn Heb “giving to each according to his way [= behavior/conduct] and according to the fruit of his deeds.”

¹² tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.