Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

King James Version

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Holman Bible

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
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];

Bible in Basic English

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to 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.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Praise For God's Mighty Acts

17 With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue. 18 If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;
19 But God has heard me. He paid attention to my prayer.


Cross References

Proverbs 28:9

The prayer of the person who will not listen to the law is disgusting.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners. If any man respects God and does his will, God listens to him.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Job 27:8-9

What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Job 36:21

Do not turn to evil. You seem to prefer evil to affliction.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 15:29

Jehovah is far from the wicked. He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

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