Jeremiah 20:12

NETBible

O Lord who rules over all, 1  you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. 2  Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

NIV ©

O LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.

NASB ©

Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have set forth my cause.

NLT ©

O LORD Almighty! You know those who are righteous, and you examine the deepest thoughts of hearts and minds. Let me see your vengeance against them, for I have committed my cause to you.

MSG ©

Oh, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, no one fools you. You see through everyone, everything. I want to see you pay them back for what they've done. I rest my case with you.

BBE ©

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

NRSV ©

O LORD of hosts, you test the righteous, you see the heart and the mind; let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.

NKJV ©

But, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, And see the mind and heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them; For I have pleaded my cause before You.

KJV
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NASB ©
Yet, O LORD
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, You who test
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the righteous
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, Who see
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the mind
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and the heart
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Your vengeance
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on them; For to You I have set
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forth
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my cause
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LXXM
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N-VSM
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V-PAPNS
dikaia
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A-APN
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V-PAPNS
nefrouv
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N-APM
kai
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CONJ
kardiav
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N-APF
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V-AAO-1S
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T-ASF
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PREP
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P-GS
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N-ASF
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PREP
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
O Lord
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who rules over all
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, you test
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and prove the righteous
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. You see
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into people’s hearts
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and minds
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. Pay
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them back
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for what they
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have done because
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I trust you to vindicate
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my cause
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.
HEBREW
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Kyla
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Mhm
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hara
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blw
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twylk
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har
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qydu
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Nxb
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twabu
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hwhyw (20:12)
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NETBible

O Lord who rules over all, 1  you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. 2  Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

1 sn See the study note on 2:19 for explanation of this title for God.

2 tn Heb “Lord of armies, the one who tests the righteous, who sees kidneys and heart.” The sentence has been broken up to avoid a long and complex English sentence. The translation is more in keeping with contemporary English style.

2 sn This verse is almost an exact duplication of the petition in one of Jeremiah’s earlier prayers and complaints. See Jer 11:20 and notes there for explanation of the Hebrew psychology underlying the use of “kidneys and heart” here. For the thoughts expressed here see Ps 17.