Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

New American Standard Bible

“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

International Standard Version

I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

I Jehovah searching the heart, trying the reins, to give to each according to his way, according to the fruit of his doings.

King James 2000

I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I, Yahweh, examine [the] {mind}, test [the] {heart}, and give to each one according to his way, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

NET Bible

I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I - Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I the Lord

Usage: 0

חקר 
Chaqar 
Usage: 27

I try
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

the reins
כּליה 
Kilyah 
Usage: 31

even to give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

and according to the fruit
פּרי 
P@riy 
Usage: 119

References

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Images Jeremiah 17:10

Context Readings

The Deceitful Heart

9 Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it? 10 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. 11 A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.



Cross References

Jeremiah 32:19

Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

1 Samuel 16:7

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

Psalm 62:12

And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

Jeremiah 11:20

And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

Romans 8:27

and He who is searching the hearts hath known what is the mind of the Spirit, because according to God he doth intercede for saints.

1 Chronicles 28:9

'And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

Jeremiah 20:12

And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

Revelation 2:23

and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.

1 Chronicles 29:17

'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

Proverbs 17:3

A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 6:30

then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men),

Psalm 7:9

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

Psalm 139:1-2

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,

Isaiah 3:10-11

Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

Jeremiah 21:14

And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed -- all its suburbs!

Micah 7:13

And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.

Matthew 16:27

'For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

John 2:25

and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.

Romans 2:6-8

who shall render to each according to his works;

Romans 6:21

what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those is death.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,

Hebrews 4:12-13

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Revelation 20:12

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;

Revelation 22:12

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

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