He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
1 Corinthians 12:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the whole body were an eye, where [would be the sense of] hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where [would be the sense of] smell? American Standard Version (1901) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? Common English Bible If the whole body were an eye, what would happen to the hearing? And if the whole body were an ear, what would happen to the sense of smell? Catholic Public Domain Version If the whole body were the eye, how would it hear? If the whole were hearing, how would it smell? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? |
He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
And if the ear would say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work powerful deeds?
(Formerly in Israel, anyone who went to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for the one who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)