Jeremiah 17:9-11
International Standard Version
The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart
9 “The heart is more deceitful than anything.
It is incurable—
who can know it?
10 I am the Lord who searches the heart,
who tests the inner depths
to give to each person
according to what he deserves,[a]
according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 As a partridge gathers together eggs
that it didn’t lay,
so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly.
In the middle of his life[b] it will leave him,
and in the end he will prove to be a fool.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit. according to his way
- Jeremiah 17:11 Lit. at half of his days
Jeremiah 17:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 The heart is deceitful more than anything else,
and it is disastrous. Who can understand it?
10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind,[a]
I test the heart,[b]
and give to each one according to his way,
according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
is one who amasses wealth without justice.
In the middle of his days it will leave him,
and at his end he will prove to be a fool.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Literally “heart”
- Jeremiah 17:10 Literally “kidneys”
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