Jeremiah 17:9

In 11 translations

BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

KJV

¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

WEB

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

ASV

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

LSV

The heart [is] deceitful above all things, || And it [is] incurable—who knows it?

YLT

Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth know it?

DBY

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

DRC

The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

GNV

The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?

JPS

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — who can know it?

LXXE

The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?

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WLC

עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל וְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Βαθεία ἡ καρδία παρὰ πάντα, καὶ ἄνθρωπός ἐστι, καὶ τίς γνώσεται αὐτόν;

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• Mark 7:21–22For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Proverbs 28:26He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
• Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
• Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
• James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
• Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all…
• Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and…
• Psalms 53:1–3The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good. God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. All have…
• Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
• Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
• Job 15:14–16What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,…

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