Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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.
A Conservative Version
The spirit of man is the lamp of LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
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 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 scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 2:11
For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man within him? So also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah 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 a spirit is in man giving them perception, even the breath of the Almighty.
Proverbs 20:30
The stripes of a wound cleanses away evil, and strokes the inward parts of the belly.
Romans 2:15
who show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and the thoughts between one another accusing or even excusing one another,
2 Corinthians 4:2-6
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the Word of God, but by the revelation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 John 3:19-21
And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him,