Psalms 44:21

What does Psalms 44:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 44:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Would notGod search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Context

v.20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

v.21This passage

v.22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Cross references

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

  • Job 31:4

    Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

  • Psalms 139:1

    O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.

  • Jeremiah 23:24

    Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

  • Jeremiah 17:10

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:14

    For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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