Proverbs 24:12

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Proverbs 24:12

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Holman Bible

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

New American Standard Bible

If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

International Standard Version

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

A Conservative Version

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

American Standard Version

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

Amplified

If you [claim ignorance and] say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives?
And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul?
And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?

Bible in Basic English

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

Darby Translation

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

Julia Smith Translation

If thou shalt say, Behold, we knew not this; will not he trying hearts, understand? and he guarding thy soul, knew? and he turned back to man according to his work.

King James 2000

If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that weighs the heart consider it? and he that keeps your soul, does not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Lexham Expanded Bible

if you say, "Look, we do not know this," does not he who weighs hearts perceive [it]? And he who keeps your soul, he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

Modern King James verseion

If you say, Behold, we did not know; does not He who searches the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He know? And He repays to a man according to his works.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?

NET Bible

If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

New Heart English Bible

If you say, "Behold, we did not know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

The Emphasized Bible

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

Webster

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and will not he render to every man according to his works?

World English Bible

If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

Youngs Literal Translation

When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

Themes

Heart » The lord looking upon the heart

The Heart » God » Ponders

Punishment » According to deeds

Topics

God, All knowing

Heart, Fallen And Redeemed

Retribution

Deceitful Hearts

Repaid For Deeds

Judgment According To Works

motives

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

If thou sayest

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

Behold, we knew

H3045

ידע
Yada`

know, known, knowledge, perceive, shew, tell, wist, understand, certainly, acknowledge, acquaintance, consider, declare, teach,

Usage: 946

it not doth not he that pondereth

H8505

תּכן
Takan

equal, weigh, pondereth, unequal, directed,

Usage: 18

the heart

H3826

לבּה
Libbah

heart

Usage: 5

consider

H995

בּין
Biyn

understand, understanding, consider, prudent, perceive, regard, discern, instruct, .

Usage: 169

it and he that keepeth

H5341

נצר
Natsar

keep, preserve, watchmen, besieged, keeper, monuments, observe , preserver, subtil, hidden things, watchers

Usage: 63

thy soul

H5315

נפשׁ
Nephesh

soul, life, person, mind, heart, creature, body, himself, yourselves, dead, will, desire, man, themselves, any, appetite,

Usage: 753

doth not he know

H3045

ידע
Yada`

know, known, knowledge, perceive, shew, tell, wist, understand, certainly, acknowledge, acquaintance, consider, declare, teach,

Usage: 946

it and shall not he render

H7725

שׁוּב
Shuwb

return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,

Usage: 1058

to every man

H120

אדם
'adam

man, men, Adam, person, common sort , hypocrite

Usage: 541

References

Fausets

Hannah

Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:12

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 21078
Proverbs Rank: 716
7 Topics
3 Themes
29 Cross References
3 Readings
Interlinear
3 Phrases
1 Name
1 Reference

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

¹¹ Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
¹² If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work? ¹³ Eat honey, my son, for it is good,
and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

Phrases

According to His Deeds

According to What He Has Done

He Who Searches

Names

No

Cross References

Job 34:11

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”

Proverbs 21:2

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Psalm 62:12

and faithful love belongs to You, Lord.
For You repay each according to his works.

Psalm 121:3

He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

Romans 2:6

He will repay each one according to his works:

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

1 Samuel 25:29

“When someone pursues you and attempts to take your life, my lord’s life will be tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living. However, He will fling away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

Psalm 7:9

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

Psalm 17:3

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Psalm 44:21

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Psalm 66:9

He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip.

Proverbs 5:21

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

Jeremiah 32:19

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

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