Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But, O LORD of hosts, who tries the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my cause.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Holman Bible
and seeing the heart
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.
International Standard Version
LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the inner motives and the heart, let me see you take vengeance on them, for I've committed my case to you.
American Standard Version
But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Amplified
But, O Lord of hosts, You who examine the righteous,
Who see the heart and the mind,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have committed my cause.
Bible in Basic English
But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.
Darby Translation
And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah of armies trying the just, seeing the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance of them: for to thee I uncovered my cause.
King James 2000
But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet, Yahweh of hosts, who tests [the] righteous, who sees [the] {heart} and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.
Modern King James verseion
But, O Jehovah of Hosts, who tries the righteous and sees the reins and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have committed my cause to You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous searcher which knowest the reins and the very hearts: let me see them punished, for unto thee I commit my cause.
NET Bible
O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.
New Heart English Bible
But, the LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
The Emphasized Bible
But O Yahweh of hosts - Testing the righteous Beholding the affections and the heart, - Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I laid bare my cause.
Webster
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for to thee have I opened my cause.
World English Bible
But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.
Themes
Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
11 But LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall 12 But, O LORD of hosts, who tries the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my cause. 13 Sing to LORD. Praise ye LORD, for he has delivered the soul of the needy man from the hand of evil-doers.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 11:20
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my case.
Psalm 54:7
For he has delivered me out of all trouble, and my eye has seen [it] upon my enemies.
Psalm 59:10
My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me look upon my enemies.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Jeremiah 17:10
I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Psalm 7:9
O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Psalm 11:5
LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.
Psalm 17:3
Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
1 Samuel 1:15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before LORD.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, LORD look upon it, and require it.
Psalm 26:2-3
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
Psalm 86:4
Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Psalm 109:6-20
Set thou a wicked man over him, and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Isaiah 37:14
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of LORD, and spread it before LORD.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Jeremiah 12:8
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
Jeremiah 17:18
Let them be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Jeremiah 18:19-23
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of those who contend with me.
1 Peter 2:23
Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
1 Peter 4:19
Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her.
Revelation 19:2-3
Because TRUE and righteous are his judgments, because he has judged the great whore who ruined the earth by her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his bondmen from her hand.