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Jeremiah 12:3

NETBible	But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you.¹ Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 12:3	Yet you know me, O LORD; you see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter!
NASB © biblegateway Jer 12:3	But You know me, O LORD; You see me; And You examine my heart’s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage!
NLT © biblegateway Jer 12:3	But as for me, LORD, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like helpless sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered!
MSG © biblegateway Jer 12:3	Meanwhile, you know [me] inside and out. You don't let me get by with a thing! Make them pay for the way they live, pay with their lives, like sheep marked for slaughter.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 12:3	But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 12:3	But you, O LORD, know me; You see me and test me—my heart is with you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 12:3	But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.
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KJV	But thou, O LORD <03068>_, knowest <03045> (8804) me: thou hast seen <07200> (8799) me, and tried <0974> (8804) mine heart <03820> toward thee: pull them out <05423> (8685) like sheep <06629> for the slaughter <02878>_, and prepare <06942> (8685) them for the day <03117> of slaughter <02028>_. {toward...: Heb. with thee}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 12:3	But You know <03045> me, O LORD <03068> ; You see <07200> me; And You examine <0974> my heart's <03820> attitude toward <0854> You. Drag <05423> them off <05423> like sheep <06629> for the slaughter <02878> And set <06942> them apart <06942> for a day <03117> of carnage <02028> !
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ su <4771> P-NS kurie <2962> N-VSM ginwskeiv <1097> V-PAI-2S me <1473> P-AS dedokimakav <1381> V-RAI-2S thn <3588> T-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF mou <1473> P-GS enantion <1726> PREP sou <4771> P-GS agnison <48> V-AAD-2S autouv <846> D-APM eiv <1519> PREP hmeran <2250> N-ASF sfaghv <4967> N-GSF autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	But you <0859> , Lord <03068> , know <03045> all about me. You watch <07200> me and test <0974> my devotion <03820> to you. Drag <05423> these wicked men away <05423> like sheep <06629> to be slaughtered <02878> ! Appoint <06942> a time <03117> when they will be killed <02028> !
HEBREW	o hgrh <02028> Mwyl <03117> Msdqhw <06942> hxbjl <02878> Nauk <06629> Mqth <05423> Kta <0854> ybl <03820> tnxbw <0974> ynart <07200> yntedy <03045> hwhy <03068> htaw (12:3) <0859>

NETBible

But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you.¹ Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “You, Lord, know me. You watch me and you test my heart toward you.”

¹sn Jeremiah appears to be complaining like Job that God cares nothing about the prosperity of the wicked, but watches his every move. The reverse ought to be true. Jeremiah shouldn’t be suffering the onslaughts of his fellow countrymen as he is. The wicked who are prospering should be experiencing punishment.

²tn Heb “set aside for them a day of killing.”