Pro 24:12 | NET2full | STEP | If you say , “ But we did not know about this ,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds ?

‏ Proverbs 24:12

12 If you say, “But we did not know about this,”
won’t ^{▼▼tn Heb “Will he not?” The verb is an imperfect stative and so should be understood as future or modal. Likewise the verb in the next line.} the one who evaluates ^{▼▼tn Heb “weighs” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV) meaning “tests” or “evaluates.”} hearts discern it?
Won’t the one who guards your life realize ^{▼▼tn The imperfect of the stative verb יָדַע (yadaʿ, “to know”) means “will know/come to know,” thus “will learn, find out, realize.”}
and repay each person according to his deeds? ^{▼▼sn The verse completes the saying by affirming that people will be judged responsible for helping those in mortal danger. The verse uses a series of rhetorical questions to affirm that God knows our hearts and we cannot plead ignorance.}