Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And is desperately
Who can understand it?
King James Version
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Holman Bible
and incurable—who can understand it?
International Standard Version
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
A Conservative Version
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
American Standard Version
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Amplified
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Bible in Basic English
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Darby Translation
The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?
Julia Smith Translation
The heart is deceitful above all, and man himself, who shall know him?
King James 2000
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Lexham Expanded Bible
The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?
Modern King James verseion
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it?
NET Bible
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
New Heart English Bible
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
The Emphasized Bible
Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward, - Who can know it?
Webster
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
World English Bible
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Youngs Literal Translation
Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it?
Themes
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » Characteristic of the heart
Deception » What is deceit/deceitful
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Depravity
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of the wicked
Heart » The lord looking upon the heart
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
Heart » Evil, characteristics of » Depravity
Heart » The unregenerate » Is deceitful
character of the unrenewed Heart » Desperately wicked
character of the unrenewed Heart » Deceitful
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Deceitful Heart
8
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of
Nor cease to yield fruit.
And is desperately
Who can understand it?
I test the
Even
According to the
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is
Mark 7:21-22
Genesis 8:21
The Lord
Psalm 51:5
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Jeremiah 16:12
You too have done evil, even
Genesis 6:5
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that
Job 15:14-16
Or
Psalm 53:1-3
For the choir director; according to
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
Proverbs 28:26
But he who walks wisely will be delivered.
Matthew 13:15
Matthew 15:19
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
Hebrews 3:12