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Jeremiah 17:9-10
New International Version
Jeremiah 17:9-10
New International Version
Jeremiah 17:9-10
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 17:9-10
English Standard Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
(B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Jeremiah 17:9-10
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 17:9-10
New American Standard Bible
9 “The (A)heart is more (B)deceitful than all else
And is desperately (C)sick;
Who can understand it?
10 I, the Lord, (D)search the heart,
I test the [a]mind,
(E)To give to each person according to his ways,
According to the [b]results of his deeds.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit fruit
Jeremiah 17:9-10
New King James Version
Jeremiah 17:9-10
New King James Version
9 “The (A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, (B)search the heart,
I test the [b]mind,
(C)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick
- Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The Message
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The Message
9-10 “The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful,
a puzzle that no one can figure out.
But I, God, search the heart
and examine the mind.
I get to the heart of the human.
I get to the root of things.
I treat them as they really are,
not as they pretend to be.”
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