Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 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. 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Cross References

Jeremiah 32:19

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Psalm 62:12

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Romans 8:27

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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 the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Jeremiah 20:12

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

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 mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Proverbs 17:3

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

2 Chronicles 6:30

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

Psalm 7:9

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Psalm 139:1-2

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

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 shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 21:14

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

Micah 7:13

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

Matthew 16:27

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

John 2:25

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

Romans 2:6-8

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Romans 6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

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