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Jeremiah 17:10

What does Jeremiah 17:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 17:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Context

v.9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

v.10This passage

v.11As the partridge 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 they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 16:27

    For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

  • Psalms 139:1

    O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.

  • Micah 7:13

    Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

  • John 2:25

    and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:17

    I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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