Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Holman Bible
examine my heart and mind.
International Standard Version
Examine me, LORD, and inspect me! Test my heart and mind.
A Conservative Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
American Standard Version
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
Amplified
Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my heart and my mind.
Darby Translation
Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:
Julia Smith Translation
Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me; refine my reins and my heart
King James 2000
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me. Try my {innermost being} and my {mind}.
Modern King James verseion
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.
NET Bible
Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
New Heart English Bible
Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
The Emphasized Bible
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: -
Webster
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
World English Bible
Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
Youngs Literal Translation
Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 26:2
Images Psalm 26:2
Prayers for Psalm 26:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Vindication
1 O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping. 2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. 3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
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Cross References
Psalm 7:9
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
Job 13:23
What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.
Job 31:4-6
Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
Psalm 66:10
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Psalm 139:23-24
O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
Jeremiah 20:12
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.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.