seek and ye shall find𖺗 knock and it shall be opened to you

The now commonly-used English idiom “seek and ye shall find” (meaning that if one searches hard enough for something one will find it) was first coined in 1526 in the English New Testament translation of William Tyndale. (Source: Crystal 2010, p. 286)

In Russian, both parts of this phrase (seek and ye shall find / ищите и найдете and knock and it shall be opened to you / стучите, и отворят вам) are used actively as an idiom. The wording of the quote originated in the Russian Synodal Bible (publ. 1876). (Source: Reznikov 2020, p. 53f.)

For other idioms in English that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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