Psalm 53:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought (inquired after and desperately required) God.

American Standard Version (1901)

² God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

Common English Bible

² God looks down from heaven on humans to see if anyone is wise, to see if anyone seeks God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, "Has not David been hidden with us?"

Psalm 53:2 Cross References

Isaiah 55:6

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do thereafter: His praise endureth for ever.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Psalm 27:8

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God.

Jeremiah 16:17

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

Psalm 102:19

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

Psalm 11:4

The LORD is in his holy temple, The LORD, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.