Ezekiel 38:10

38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, ¹  and you will devise an evil plan.

Ezekiel 38:1

A Prophecy Against Gog

38:1 The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 28:9

28:9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you –

though you are a man and not a god –

when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Psalms 7:9

7:9 May the evil deeds of the wicked ²  come to an end! ³ 

But make the innocent ⁴  secure, ⁵ 

O righteous God,

you who examine ⁶  inner thoughts and motives! ⁷ 

Psalms 139:2-3

139:2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;

even from far away you understand my motives.

139:3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; ⁸ 

you are aware of everything I do. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 16:17

16:17 For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it. ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 17:10

17:10 I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds.

I examine people’s hearts. ¹¹ 

I deal with each person according to how he has behaved.

I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

Mark 2:8

2:8 Now ¹²  immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, ¹³  he said to them, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? ¹⁴ 

John 2:24-25

2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. ¹⁵  2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, ¹⁶  for he knew what was in man. ¹⁷ 

John 21:17

21:17 Jesus ¹⁸  said ¹⁹  a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed ²⁰  that Jesus ²¹  asked ²²  him a third time, “Do you love me?” and said, ²³  “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus ²⁴  replied, ²⁵  “Feed my sheep.

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ²⁶  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ²⁷  with a deadly disease, ²⁸  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ²⁹  each one of you ³⁰  what your deeds deserve. ³¹ 

[38:10]  ¹ tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”

[7:9]  ² tn In the psalms the Hebrew term רְשָׁעִים (rÿsha’im, “wicked”) describes people who are proud, practical atheists (Ps 10:2, 4, 11) who hate God’s commands, commit sinful deeds, speak lies and slander (Ps 50:16-20), and cheat others (Ps 37:21). They oppose God and his people.

[7:9]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal form is a jussive, expressing an imprecation here.

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Or “the godly” (see Ps 5:12). The singular form is collective (see the plural “upright in heart” in v. 10), though it may reflect the personal focus of the psalmist in this context.

[7:9]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form expresses the psalmist’s prayer or wish.

[7:9]  ⁶ tn For other uses of the verb in this sense, see Job 7:18; Pss 11:4; 26:2; 139:23.

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and [the one who] tests hearts and kidneys, just God.” The translation inverts the word order to improve the English style. The heart and kidneys were viewed as the seat of one’s volition, conscience, and moral character.

[139:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “my traveling and my lying down you measure.” The verb זָרָה (zarah, “to measure”) is probably here a denominative from זָרָת (zarat, “a span; a measure”), though some derive it from זָרָה (zarat, “to winnow; to sift”; see BDB 279-80 s.v. זָרָה).

[139:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “all my ways.”

[16:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hidden from before me. And their sin is not hidden away from before my eyes.”

[17:10]  ¹¹ tn The term rendered “mind” here and in the previous verse is actually the Hebrew word for “heart.” However, in combination with the word rendered “heart” in the next line, which is the Hebrew for “kidneys,” it is best rendered “mind” because the “heart” was considered the center of intellect, conscience, and will and the “kidneys” the center of emotions.

[2:8]  ¹² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the shift from the thoughts of the experts in the law to Jesus’ response.

[2:8]  ¹³ tn Grk “they were thus reasoning within themselves.”

[2:8]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts?”

[2:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “all.” The word “people” has been supplied for clarity, since the Greek word πάντας (pantas) is masculine plural (thus indicating people rather than things).

[2:25]  ¹⁶ tn The masculine form has been retained here in the translation to maintain the connection with “a man of the Pharisees” in 3:1, with the understanding that the reference is to people of both genders.

[2:25]  ¹⁷ tn See previous note on “man” in this verse.

[21:17]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:17]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “said to him.” The words “to him” are clear from the context and slightly redundant in English.

[21:17]  ²⁰ tn Or “was sad.”

[21:17]  ²¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:17]  ²² tn Grk “said to.”

[21:17]  ²³ tn Grk “and said to him.” The words “to him” are clear from the context and slightly redundant in English.

[21:17]  ²⁴ tc ‡ Most witnesses, especially later ones (A Θ Ψ Ë¹³ Ï), read ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsou", “Jesus”) here, while B C have ᾿Ιησοῦς without the article and א D W ˹ 33 565 al lat lack both. Because of the rapid verbal exchange in this pericope, “Jesus” is virtually required for clarity, providing a temptation to scribes to add the name. Further, the name normally occurs with the article. Although it is possible that B C accidentally omitted the article with the name, it is just as likely that they added the simple name to the text for clarity’s sake, while other witnesses added the article as well. The omission of ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς thus seems most likely to be authentic. NA²⁷ includes the words in brackets, indicating some doubts as to their authenticity.

[21:17]  ²⁵ tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

[4:13]  ²⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ²⁷ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

[2:23]  ²⁸ tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

[2:23]  ²⁹ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

[2:23]  ³⁰ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

[2:23]  ³¹ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”