Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The spirit of man is the lamp of LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
New American Standard Bible
Searching all the
King James Version
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Holman Bible
searching the innermost parts.
International Standard Version
A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being.
American Standard Version
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.
Amplified
The
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
Darby Translation
Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.
Julia Smith Translation
The light of Jehovah is the breath of man, searching all the chambers of the belly.
King James 2000
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.
Modern King James verseion
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man; and goeth through all the inward parts of the body.
NET Bible
The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
New Heart English Bible
The spirit of man is the LORD's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
The Emphasized Bible
The lamp of Yahweh, is the spirit of a son of earth, searching all the chambers of the inner man.
Webster
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
World English Bible
The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
Youngs Literal Translation
The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
Themes
Belly » Used figuratively for the seat of the affections
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Proverbs 20:27
Devotionals containing Proverbs 20:27
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:27
Images Proverbs 20:27
Prayers for Proverbs 20:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and brings the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of LORD, searching all his innermost parts. 28 Kindness and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by kindness.
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 2:11
For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
Genesis 2:7
And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Job 32:8
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Proverbs 20:30
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.
Romans 2:15
Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, testifying of their conscience, and their thoughts amidst each other accusing or also defending them
2 Corinthians 4:2-6
But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
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
1 John 3:19-21
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him.