Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The human spirit is like the lamp of the 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.
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 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.
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 separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them. 27 The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. 28 Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 2:11
For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
Genesis 2:7
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Job 32:8
But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.
Proverbs 20:30
Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.
Romans 2:15
They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
2 Corinthians 4:2-6
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
1 John 3:19-21
And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,