2The Lord looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand,1 who seek after God.
[1] 14:2 Or that act wisely
2 Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind
to see whether there is one who has insight,
one who cares about God.
2Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did understand,
That did seek after God.
The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
2YHWH has looked from the heavens on the sons of men, || To see if there is a wise one—seeking God.
to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
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