24:12 If you say, “But we did not know about this,”
does not the one who evaluates 1 hearts consider?
Does not the one who guards your life know?
Will he not repay each person according to his deeds? 2
1 tn Heb “weighs” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV) meaning “tests” or “evaluates.”
2 sn The verse completes the saying by affirming that people will be judged responsible for helping those in mortal danger. The verse uses a series of rhetorical questions to affirm that God knows our hearts and we cannot plead ignorance.