Job 34:21
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For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps.

Job 31:4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.

Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.

Psalm 139:23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

Proverbs 5:21 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.

Jeremiah 16:17 For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.

Jeremiah 17:10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Jeremiah 32:19 Great in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam, to render unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Amos 9:8 Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?

Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
20They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand. 21For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps.22There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.…
Cross References
Job 10:4
Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?

Job 11:11
For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?

Job 13:16
And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

Job 14:16
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

Job 24:23
God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.

Job 31:4
Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

Psalm 33:15
He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.

Proverbs 5:21
His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.

Jeremiah 16:17
For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.

Jeremiah 23:24
Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Jeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam, to render unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Lexicon
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

His eyes [are]
עֵ֭ינָיו (‘ê·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the ways
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of man,
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and He sees
יִרְאֶֽה׃ (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

his every step.
צְעָדָ֥יו (ṣə·‘ā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6806: A pace, regular step


Additional Translations
For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees his every step.For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.

For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.

For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.

For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he seeth all his goings.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

"For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

For His eyes are on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.
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