And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Psalm 14:2 - American Standard Version 2015 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,\par\tab To see if there were any that did understand,\par\tab That did seek after God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, And seek God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity]. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah 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 The LORD looks down from heaven on humans to see if anyone is wise, to see if anyone seeks God, Catholic Public Domain Version He who walks without blemish and who works justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice: |
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.\par
that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though {\i he be} not {\i cleansed} according to the purification of the sanctuary.
What is man, that he should be clean?\par\tab And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;\par\tab And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
Jehovah is in his holy temple;\par\tab Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;\par\tab His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
The meek have seen it, and are glad:\par\tab Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
They know not, neither do they understand;\par\tab They walk to and fro in darkness:\par\tab All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
A brutish man knoweth not;\par\tab Neither doth a fool understand this:
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,\par\tab And equity, {\i yea}, every good path.
O ye simple, understand prudence;\par\tab And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;\par\tab And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:\par\tab As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.\par
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living {\i should they seek} unto the dead?
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.\par
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
{\b For this people's heart is waxed gross,\par\tab And their ears are dull of hearing,\par\tab And their eyes they have closed;\par\tab Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes,\par\tab And hear with their ears,\par\tab And understand with their heart,\par\tab And should turn again,\par\tab And I would heal them.}
{\b There is none that understandeth,\par\tab There is none that seeketh after God;}
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing {\i unto him}; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and {\i that} he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.