What Does Psalm 94:7 Mean in the King James?
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Even the claim that the LORD cannot see is spoken inside the sight it denies.
THE MEANING
The verse names the belief that harm can be hidden from the LORD and exposes it as a denial, not a reality. The LORD sees what is done, and the God of Jacob discerns it; concealment does not make it disappear.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie is that what escapes human notice escapes the LORD’s perception too.
THE ROOT
יִרְאֶה
yir’eh
GROWS FROM
רָאָה
ra’ah
To see, look at, or perceive.
“see” in this verse is yir’eh. The word reaches beyond eyesight to perception, so the claim imagines that the act escapes notice altogether. Its root also forms words for a seer and for sight itself, keeping the perceiver and what is perceived in one family.
ALSO GROWS
ro’eh: A seer; one who sees.
רֹאֶה
This branch makes seeing an active faculty of perception, the very faculty the speakers claim is absent.
mar’eh: Sight, appearance, or vision.
מַרְאֶה
The root extends to what is seen, linking the act of seeing with the field of perception the denial tries to close.
יָבִין
yavin
GROWS FROM
בִּין
bin
To discern, distinguish, or understand.
The verse pairs sight with discernment: the claim is not only that the act goes unseen, but that its meaning goes unrecognized. The Hebrew verb carries understanding alongside the KJV’s “regard,” revealing a denial of both perception and comprehension.
ALSO GROWS
binah: Understanding or discernment.
בִּינָה
This branch shows that the root concerns grasping what something means, not merely noticing it.
mevin: One who understands or discerns.
מֵבִין
The same root names a perceiver who can make sense of what is seen, sharpening the verse’s second denial.
THE PATTERN
What people hide or deny remains within divine perception and discernment.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.THE THREAD
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?The same Hebrew root רָאָה (ra’ah, to see or perceive) appears in “Thou God seest me.” The sight denied here is also personal recognition: the one who sees what others hide sees the person who feels unseen.
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