Jeremiah 17:9 - Compare All Versions

Deildu

“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, GOD, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” * * *

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

“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

“More than anything else, a person’s mind is evil and cannot be healed. Who can understand it?

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

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

“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

¶“The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives? [Matt 13:15-17; Mark 7:21-23; Eph 4:20-24]

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

There is nothing more deceitful than the heart of man; who can understand it? Man’s heart is sick, in need of healing.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?