Jeremiah 17:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 17:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 17:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 17:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? ”
Jeremiah 17:9 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 17:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 17:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? ”
Jeremiah 17:9 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 17:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?”
Jeremiah 17:9 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 17:9 in Context — Jeremiah 17
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
What Does Jeremiah 17:9 Mean?
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