'Seen' in the Bible

Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Go--you and all your household--into the ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before me in this generation.

And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds.

So she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You [are] El-Roi," for she said, "Here I have seen after he who sees me."

And he said, 'Lift up your eyes and see--all the rams mounting the flock [are] streaked, speckled, and dappled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."

And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your eyes, you must take my gift from my hand, for then I have seen your face [which is] like seeing the face of God, and you have received me.

And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, very {ugly and gaunt}--never have I seen [any] as them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

One went out from me, and I said, "Surely he must have been torn to pieces," and I have never seen him since.

And you must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt and all that you have seen. Now hurry and bring my father here."

Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive."

And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings.

And the people believed when they heard that Yahweh had attended to the {Israelites} and that he had seen their misery, and they knelt down and they worshiped.

Unleavened bread will be eaten the seven days; [food with] yeast will not be seen for you; and yeast will not be seen for you in all your territory.

'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and [how] I bore you on eagles' wings and I brought you to me.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Thus you will say to the {Israelites}, 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from the heavens.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and, indeed, they [are] a stiff-necked people.

And no one will go up with you, and neither let anyone be seen on all the mountain, nor let the sheep and goats and the cattle graze {opposite} that mountain."

and they will {tell it} to the inhabitants of this land. They heard that you, Yahweh, [are] in the midst of this people, that you are seen eye to eye, and your cloud [is] standing over them, and in a column of cloud you go before them by day and in a column of fire [at] night.

But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice,

Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did with [the case of] Baal Peor, for {each} man that followed after Baal Peor Yahweh your God destroyed from your midst.

"However, {take care} for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to {your grandchildren}.

you said, 'Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God can speak with a human being, {yet he remains alive}.

And Yahweh spoke to me, {saying}, 'I have seen this people, and look! {They are a stubborn people}.

He [is] your praise, and he [is] your God, who has done with you these great and awesome [things] that your eyes have seen.

And you shall realize {today} that [it is] not [with] your children who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of Yahweh your God--his greatness, his strong hand, and his outstretched arm,

The fact of the matter is, {your own eyes have seen} all [of] the great deeds of Yahweh that he did.

And leaven shall not be seen with you in any of your territory for seven days, and none of the meat that you will slaughter on the evening on the first day shall remain overnight until morning.

And you have seen their detestable things and their idols of wood and stone, silver, and gold that [were] among them,

and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations {for your sake}, for Yahweh your God [is] fighting for you.

God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.

And Gideon realized that he [was] the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, "Oh, my lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face."

So Abimelech went up Mount Zalmon, he and all his army that [were] with him, and Abimelech took the ax in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and he lifted it and put [it] on his shoulder. And he said to the army that [was] with him, "What you have seen me do, quickly do also."

And Manoah said to his wife, "We will certainly die because we have seen God."

And they said to them, "Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and [it is] very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to possess the land.

"This time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you must anoint him as leader over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of [the] Philistines. For I have seen [the suffering of] my people, because their cry [of distress] has come to me."

One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite [who is] skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a {brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome}. And Yahweh [is] with him."

Go, please, make certain again! Find out and see {exactly where he is} and who has seen him there! For they have said to me, 'He [is] very cunning.'

Look, this day your eyes have seen that Yahweh gave you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you. But {I took pity} on you and said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, because he [is] Yahweh's anointed one.'

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz [were] staying at En Rogel, so a servant girl used to go and tell them, then they would go and tell King David, for they [were] not able to be seen coming to the city.

Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen"; then the Cushite bowed down to Joab and ran [off].

Now Amasa [was] wallowing in the blood in the middle of the highway; when the man saw that all the people stood [there], he turned Amasa over from the highway into the field, and he threw a garment over him because he had seen that all who had come by him had stopped.

He rode upon a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.

The poles [were] long, and the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place {in front of} the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen [from] the outside, and they are there until this day.

I had not believed the report to be true until I came and my eyes had seen, and behold! The half had not been told to me. {Your wisdom and prosperity surpass} the report that I had heard.

The king made a raised structure for the house of Yahweh and for the house of the king out of the almug wood, as well as lyres and harps for the singers. [This much] almug wood has not come nor been seen [again] up to this day.

Then their father asked them, "{Which way did he go}?" His sons had seen the way which the man of God who had come from Judah had taken.

Suddenly a certain prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says Yahweh: 'Have you seen all this great crowd? Behold, I [am] giving it into your hand today, that you may know that I [am] Yahweh.'"

"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring disaster in his days. I will bring the disaster on his house in the days of his son."

"Return; you must say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'Thus says Yahweh the God of David your ancestor, "I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears. Look, I [am about to] heal you. On the third day you shall go up [to] the temple of Yahweh.

Then he asked, "What did they see in your palace?" And Hezekiah said, "All that is in my palace they have seen; there is nothing that I did not show them in my treasuries."

Moreover, the mediums and the spiritists, the household gods and the idols, and all of the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah removed in order to establish the words of the law written on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found [in] the temple of Yahweh.

And I know, my God, that you yourself test the heart and are pleased with uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these [things], and now I have seen your people who are found here willingly offer to you.

But the poles were [so] long that the ends of the poles from the ark were seen from before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from the outside. And they are there until this day.

And the king made steps for the house of Yahweh and the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers [from] the algum wood. And there was not seen [anything] like them before in the land of Judah.

But many of the elderly priests, Levites, and heads of the families who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house, but many {shouted aloud with joy}.

[Just] as I have seen, plowers of mischief and sowers of trouble will reap it.

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

If he destroys him from his place, then it deceives him, [saying], 'I have never seen you.'

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

"Look, my eye has seen everything; my ear has heard and has understood it.

"I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell--

he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?'

Look, you all have seen, and {why in the world} {have you become altogether vain}?

"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

Have [the] gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen [the] gates of deep shadow?

Have you entered into [the] storehouses of [the] snow, or have you seen [the] storehouses of [the] hail,

By the ear's hearing I heard [of] you, but now my eye has seen you.

[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.

I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.

They also made wide their mouths against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [it]."

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish her forever. Selah

Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.

They have seen your processions, O God, the processions of my God, my king, distinctive [in victory].

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, [for as many] years [as] we have seen calamity.

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

He has remembered his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel. All [the] ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

I have seen a limit to every perfection; your command [is] very broad.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

I have seen the busyness God gives to {humans} to preoccupy them.

But better [off] than both of them is the one who has not yet been born and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm.

Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] prevalent among humankind.

He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.

I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in [spite of] his evil.

I have also seen this [example of] wisdom under the sun, and it [seemed] great to me.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!

I have even seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!

The sentinels who go about in the city found me. "Have you seen the one whom my {heart} loves?"

And I said, "Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I [am] a man {of unclean lips}, and I [am] living among a people {of unclean lips}, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!"

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; light has shined on those who lived in a land of darkness.

And Yahweh will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and he will cause the descent of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, [with] a cloudburst and a rainstorm and stones of hail.

"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. {Look, I am going to} add fifteen years to your days.

And he said, "What have they seen in your house?" And Hezekiah {answered}, "They have seen all that [is] in my house. There is nothing that I have not shown them in my storehouses."

[The] coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble. They have drawn near, and they have come.

And you have set your symbol behind the door and the doorpost; for you depart from me, and you go up; you make your bed wide, and you {make a deal with} them, you have loved their bed; you have seen [their] {genitals}.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,