Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous searcher which knowest the reins and the very hearts: let me see them punished, for unto thee I commit my cause.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
and seeing the heart
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.
International Standard Version
LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the inner motives and the heart, let me see you take vengeance on them, for I've committed my case to you.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Amplified
But, O Lord of hosts, You who examine the righteous,
Who see the heart and the mind,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have committed my cause.
Bible in Basic English
But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.
Darby Translation
And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah of armies trying the just, seeing the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance of them: for to thee I uncovered my cause.
King James 2000
But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet, Yahweh of hosts, who tests [the] righteous, who sees [the] {heart} and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.
Modern King James verseion
But, O Jehovah of Hosts, who tries the righteous and sees the reins and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have committed my cause to You.
NET Bible
O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.
New Heart English Bible
But, the LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
The Emphasized Bible
But O Yahweh of hosts - Testing the righteous Beholding the affections and the heart, - Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I laid bare my cause.
Webster
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for to thee have I opened my cause.
World English Bible
But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
11 But the LORD stood by me, like a mighty giant: therefore my persecutors fell, and could do nothing. They shall be sore confounded, for they have done unwisely, they shall have an everlasting shame. 12 And now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous searcher which knowest the reins and the very hearts: let me see them punished, for unto thee I commit my cause. 13 Sing unto the LORD, and praise him, for he hath delivered the soul of the oppressed, from the hand of the violent.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 11:20
Therefore I will beseech thee now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous judge, thou that tryest the reins and the hearts: let me see the avenged of them, for unto thee have I committed my cause.
Psalm 54:7
For thou hast delivered me out of all my trouble, so that mine eye seeth his desire upon mine enemies.
Psalm 59:10
God showeth me his goodness plenteously; and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalm 62:8
O put your trust in him always, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.
Jeremiah 17:10
"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."
Psalm 7:9
O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.
Psalm 11:5
The LORD alloweth the righteous; but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.
Psalm 17:3
Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.
Psalm 139:23
Try me, O God, and seek the ground of mine heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.
1 Samuel 1:15
Hannah answered, and said, "Not so, my lord. I am a woman sorrowful in mine heart, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
2 Chronicles 24:22
And so Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, "The LORD see, and require a reckoning!"
Psalm 26:2-3
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.
Psalm 86:4
Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Psalm 109:6-20
Set an ungodly man to be ruler over him, and let Satan stand at his righthand.
Isaiah 37:14
Now when Hezekiah had received the letter of the messengers, and read it; he went up into the house of the LORD, and opened the letter before the LORD.
Isaiah 38:14
Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.'
Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is become unto me, as a Lion in the wood. It cried out upon me, therefore have I forsaken it.
Jeremiah 17:18
Let them that persecute me be confounded, and let not me be confounded. Let their hearts fail them, and not mine heart fail. Bring upon them an evil day, and bruise them again and again.
Jeremiah 18:19-23
Consider me, O LORD, and hear the voice of mine enemies!
1 Peter 2:23
which when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously,
1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him with well doing, as unto a faithful creator.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.
Revelation 6:10
and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."
Revelation 19:2-3
for true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants of her hand."