everyone who searches finds

The now commonly-used German idiom er (da) sucht, der findet (literally “whoever searches will find”), which today is primarily used as an encouragement to actively engage in finding solutions, was coined 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther. (Source: Günther 2017, p. 113)

For other idioms or terms in German that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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