Jeremiah 17
King James Version (KJV)
9 Ref The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 Ref 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.
11 Ref As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
9 Ref The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
10 Ref I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
11 Ref As the partridge that sitteth on `eggs' which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
World English Bible (WEB)
9 Ref The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
10 Ref I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
11 Ref As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
