Jeremiah 17:9-11
World English Bible
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and it is exceedingly corrupt.
Who can know it?
10 “I, Yahweh, search the mind.
I try the heart,
even to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his doings.”
11 As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid,
so is he who gets riches, and not by right.
In the middle of his days, they will leave him.
At his end, he will be a fool.
Jeremiah 17:9-11
Christian Standard Bible
The Deceitful Heart
10 I, the Lord, examine the mind,
I test the heart[a](C)
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.(D)
11 He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his life
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.(E)
Footnotes
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