Jeremiah 17:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable -- who doth know it?

English ASV

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

English Amplified

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? [Matt. 13:15-17; Mark 7:21-23; Eph. 4:20-24.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? [Matt. 13:15-17; Mark 7:21-23; Eph. 4:20-24.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

English EASY 2024

A person's own mind deceives him, more than anything else does. Nobody can change it to be better. Nobody completely understands it.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Nothing can hide its evil as well as the human mind. It can be very sick, and no one really understands it.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

English God's Word - GW 1995

"The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick-- who can understand it?

English KJV 1611

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

English LSB

“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can know it?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The heart is more deceitful than all things and desperately wicked; who can understand it?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can't be healed. Who can understand it?

English NIV

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

English NKJ 1982

“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

English NLT

"The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- who can understand it?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

There is nothing more deceitful than the heart of man; who can understand it? Man’s heart is sick, in need of healing.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“The heart is the most deceitful thing there is and desperately wicked. No one can really know how bad it is!

English Tyndale 1537

Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it?

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