Jeremiah 17:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Deceitful Heart
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?(A)
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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Jeremiah 17:9-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Deceitful Heart
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?(A)
10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart[a](B)
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.(C)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys
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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