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Proverbs 22:12

NETBible	The eyes of the Lord¹ guard knowledge,² but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 22:12	The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:12	The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 22:12	The LORD preserves knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the deceitful.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 22:12	GOD guards knowledge with a passion, but he'll have nothing to do with deception.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 22:12	The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 22:12	The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 22:12	The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
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KJV	The eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068> preserve <05341> (8804) knowledge <01847>_, and he overthroweth <05557> (8762) the words <01697> of the transgressor <0898> (8802)_. {the words: or, the matters}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:12	The eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068> preserve <05341> knowledge <01847> , But He overthrows <05557> the words <01697> of the treacherous <0898> man.
LXXM	oi <3588> T-NPM de <1161> PRT ofyalmoi <3788> N-NPM kuriou <2962> N-GSM diathrousin <1301> V-PAI-3P aisyhsin <144> N-ASF faulizei {V-PAI-3S} de <1161> PRT logouv <3056> N-APM paranomov {A-NSM}
NET [draft] ITL	The eyes <05869> of the Lord <03068> guard <05341> knowledge <01847> , but he overthrows <05557> the words <01697> of the faithless person <0898> .
HEBREW	dgb <0898> yrbd <01697> Ployw <05557> ted <01847> wrun <05341> hwhy <03068> ynye (22:12) <05869>

NETBible

The eyes of the Lord¹ guard knowledge,² but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.³

NET Notes

¹sn The “eyes of the Lord” is an anthropomorphic expression; the omniscience of God is the intended meaning. When scripture uses the “eyes” of the Lord, it usually means evaluation, superintending, or safeguarding.

²tn There is a slight difficulty in that the abstract noun “knowledge” is used nowhere else in the book of Proverbs with the word “watch.” C. H. Toy (Proverbs [ICC], 418) wants to make a major change to read “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,” but there is no support for this and it reduces the line to a common idea. D. W. Thomas suggests changing the word “knowledge” to “lawsuit” based on an Arabic cognate (“A Note on דַּעַת in Proverbs 22:12,” JTS 14 [1963]: 93-94).

³tn The object of the verb is the “words of the traitor” (בֹגֵד דִּבְרֵי, divre voged); cf. NASB “the words of the treacherous man.” What treacherous people say is treachery. In this context “traitor, treacherous” refers to one who is “unfaithful” (cf. NIV).

³sn The proverb affirms that God in safeguarding true knowledge will frustrate deception from faithless people – what they say will not have its intended effect.