Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Holman Bible
the Lord would not have listened.
International Standard Version
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
A Conservative Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.
American Standard Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
Amplified
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
Bible in Basic English
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Darby Translation
Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
Julia Smith Translation
If I saw vanity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear.
King James 2000
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Modern King James verseion
If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.
NET Bible
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
New Heart English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
The Emphasized Bible
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
Webster
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
World English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
Themes
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
The Heart » Regard not iniquity in
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart
Sin » Penalty for » Separation from God
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
17 Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue. 18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. 19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:9
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15
And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
John 9:31
and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
James 4:3
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it.
Job 27:8-9
For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
Job 36:21
Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 15:29
Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.