Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Holman Bible
the Lord would not have listened.
International Standard Version
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
A Conservative Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.
American Standard Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
Amplified
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
Darby Translation
Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
Julia Smith Translation
If I saw vanity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear.
King James 2000
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Modern King James verseion
If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.
NET Bible
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
New Heart English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
The Emphasized Bible
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
Webster
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
World English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
Youngs Literal Translation
Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
Themes
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
The Heart » Regard not iniquity in
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart
Sin » Penalty for » Separation from God
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
17 My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld. 18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me: 19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:9
As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
John 9:31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
Job 27:8-9
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Job 36:21
Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
Proverbs 21:13
He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.