Proverbs 20:27 — Compare All Translations

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

The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

English ASV

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

English Amplified

The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. [I Cor. 2:11.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. [I Cor. 2:11.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching out his inmost being.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The LORD’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life, searching the innermost parts.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

English EASY 2024

The Lord makes our human spirit like his lamp inside us. It shows us what we are really like.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Your spirit is like a lamp to the Lord. He is able to see into your deepest parts.

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The Lord gave us mind and conscience; we cannot hide from ourselves.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A person's soul is the Lord's lamp. It searches his entire innermost being.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

A person's breath is the lamp of the LORD, searching the innermost parts.

English KJV 1611

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

English LSB

The breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh, Searching all the innermost parts of his body.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The spirit of man is the light of the Lord, searching all the innermost depths of the heart.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the innermost parts of his being.

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

A lamp from the LORD is the breath of man; it searches through all his inmost being.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The human spirit is like the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The lamp of the Lord searches a man's heart. It searches deep down inside him.

English NIV

The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.

English NKJ 1982

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

English NLT

The LORD's searchlight penetrates the human spirit, exposing every hidden motive.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The human spirit is the lamp of the LORD, searching every inmost part.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The spirit God breathed into man is like a living lamp, a shining light searching into the innermost chamber of our being.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A man's conscience is the Lord's searchlight exposing his hidden motives.

English Tyndale 1537

The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man, and goeth thorow all the inward parts of the body.

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