The Deceiptful Human Heart

Jeremiah 17:9–10 KJV 1900

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 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.

Young’s Literal Translation Chapter 17

Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable—who doth know it? I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

The New King James Version Chapter 17

The heart is deceitful above all things,

And desperately wicked;

Who can know it?

I, the LORD, search the heart,

I test the mind,

Interlinear Bible: Hebrew-English Interlinear Old Testament (WORDsearch) Chapter 17

‏עָקֹ֥ב‎ ‏הַלֵּ֛ב‎ ‏מִכֹּ֖ל‎ ‏וְאָנֻ֣שׁ‎ ‏ה֑וּא‎ ‏מִ֖י‎ ‏יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃‎

Jeremiah 17:10

10 ‏אֲנִ֧י‎ ‏יְהוָ֛ה‎ ‏חֹקֵ֥ר‎ ‏לֵ֖ב‎