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11 For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God.(A)

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11 For who knows a person’s thoughts(A) except their own spirit(B) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching every inmost part.(A)

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27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)

34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”(B)

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Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
  2. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13

10 God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.(A)

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10 these are the things God has revealed(A) to us by his Spirit.(B)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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The heart is devious above all else;
    it is perverse—
    who can understand it?(A)

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.

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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.(A)

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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