# Proverbs 20.12

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 10. Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. 11. Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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> **12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.**
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> 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14. It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Proverbs 20:10-14, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 10. Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. 11. Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
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> **12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.**
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> 13. Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. 14. “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. (Proverbs 20:10-14, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. <sup>Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone</sup> <sup>divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah</sup> 11. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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> **12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.**
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> 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Proverbs 20:10-14, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 10. A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah. 11. Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
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> **12. A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.**
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> 13. Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes, be satisfied [with] bread. 14. 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. (Proverbs 20:10-14, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [The Common Room Argument](/codex/the-common-room-argument/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.