Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
the Lord would not have listened.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
International Standard Version
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
A Conservative Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.
American Standard Version
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
Amplified
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
Bible in Basic English
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Darby Translation
Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
Julia Smith Translation
If I saw vanity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear.
King James 2000
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Modern King James verseion
If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.
NET Bible
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
New Heart English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
The Emphasized Bible
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
Webster
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
World English Bible
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.
Youngs Literal Translation
Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
Themes
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
The Heart » Regard not iniquity in
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart
Sin » Penalty for » Separation from God
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
17
and praise was on my tongue.
the Lord would not have listened.
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:9
even his prayer is detestable.
Isaiah 1:15
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,
James 4:3
You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.
Job 27:8-9
when God takes away his life?
Job 36:21
for that is why you have been tested by
Proverbs 15:8
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 15:29
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 21:13
will himself also call out and not be answered.