Jeremiah 17:9-11
Authorized (King James) Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not;
so he that getteth riches, and not by right,
shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah 17:9-11
American Standard Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the [a]heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. 11 As the partridge [b]that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days [c]they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew reins.
- Jeremiah 17:11 Or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth
- Jeremiah 17:11 Or, he shall leave them
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