11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

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11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(A)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(B)

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12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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They say, “The Lord does not see;(A)
    the God of Jacob(B) takes no notice.”

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11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

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11 They say, “How would God know?
    Does the Most High know anything?”

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He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

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He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(A)

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Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

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He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(A) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(B)

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11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

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They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;(A)
    they say, “Who will see it[a]?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us

13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

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13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(A)
    Does he judge through such darkness?(B)
14 Thick clouds(C) veil him, so he does not see us(D)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(E)

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39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

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39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet,(A) he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

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But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

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Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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