Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
won’t He who weighs hearts
Won’t He who protects your life
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?
New American Standard Bible
Does He not
And
And will He not
King James Version
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:12
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Learning From Your Father
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and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
won’t He who weighs hearts
Won’t He who protects your life
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?
and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Names
Cross References
Job 34:11
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,
Proverbs 21:2
but the Lord evaluates the motives.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor
Revelation 2:23
Psalm 62:12
For You repay each according to his works.
Psalm 121:3
your Protector will not slumber.
Psalm 121:8
both now and forever.
Romans 2:6
He will repay each one according to his works:
1 Samuel 2:6
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
Psalm 7:9
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.
Psalm 17:3
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
since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalm 66:9
and does not allow our feet to slip.
Proverbs 5:21
and He considers all his paths.
Jeremiah 17:10
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,
Matthew 16:27
Acts 17:28
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
Romans 2:16
on the day when God judges
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore don’t judge
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the tribunal
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and effective
Revelation 1:18
Revelation 2:18
Revelation 20:12-15
I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Revelation 22:12