Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it? 10 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. 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 midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.



Cross References

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel, and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings,

1 Samuel 16:7

But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [LORD sees] not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.

Psalm 62:12

Also to thee, O LORD, belongs loving kindness, for thou render to every man according to his work.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my case.

Romans 8:27

And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mentality of the Spirit, because he appeals to God for the sanctified.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be

Jeremiah 20:12

But, O LORD of hosts, who tries the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my cause.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, off

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.

2 Chronicles 6:30

then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou know, (for thou, even thou only, know the hearts of the sons of men),

Psalm 7:9

O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

Psalm 139:1-2

O LORD, thou have searched me, and known.

Psalm 139:23-24

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

Isaiah 3:10-11

Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 21:14

And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says LORD. And I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

Micah 7:13

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

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his heavenly agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.

John 2:25

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

Romans 2:6-8

who will render to each man according to his works,

Romans 6:21

What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the hear

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 is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, accordi

Revelation 22:12

Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me to render to each man as his work will be.

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