Jeremiah 17:9
ContextNET © | The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 1 Who can understand it? |
NIV © | The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? |
NASB © | "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? |
NLT © | "The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? |
MSG © | "The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. |
BBE © | The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it? |
NRSV © | The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse—who can understand it? |
NKJV © | "The heart is deceitful above all things , And desperately wicked; Who can know it? |
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NET © | The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 1 Who can understand it? |
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1 tn Or “incurably deceitful”; Heb “It is incurable.” For the word “deceitful” compare the usage of the verb in Gen 27:36 and a related noun in 2 Kgs 10:19. For the adjective “incurable” compare the usage in Jer 15:18. It is most commonly used with reference to wounds or of pain. In Jer 17:16 it is used metaphorically for a “woeful day” (i.e., day of irreparable devastation). sn The background for this verse is Deut 29:18-19 (29:17-18 HT) and Deut 30:17. |