Parallel Verses
Amplified
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Holman Bible
test me and know my concerns.
International Standard Version
Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
A Conservative Version
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
American Standard Version
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Bible in Basic English
O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
Darby Translation
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
Julia Smith Translation
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
King James 2000
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Modern King James verseion
Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Try me, O God, and seek the ground of mine heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.
NET Bible
Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
New Heart English Bible
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
The Emphasized Bible
Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;
Webster
Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts:
World English Bible
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Youngs Literal Translation
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Topics
Devotionals
Devotionals about Psalm 139:23
Devotionals containing Psalm 139:23
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
22
I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 31:6
Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.
Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my heart and my mind.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the genuineness of your faith, which is much more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested and purified by fire, may be found to result in [your] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Zechariah 13:9
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Malachi 3:2-3
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap [which removes impurities and uncleanness].
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.
Psalm 139:1
Jeremiah 11:20
But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind),
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You I have committed my cause.