Jeremiah 17:9-10

English Standard Version

⁹The 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.”

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Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

Jeremiah 17:9-10

New International Version

⁹The heart^(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

¹⁰“I the Lord search the heart^(B)
and examine the mind,^(C)
to reward^(D) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”^(E)

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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?
¹⁰I, 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.