Jeremiah 11:20
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11:20So I said to the Lord,55
“O Lord who rules over all,56 you are a just judge!
You examine people’s hearts and minds.57
I want to see you pay them back for what they have done
because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”58
Footnotes
- 55 The words “So I said to the Lord” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show the shift in address.
- 56 Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For the significance of the term see the notes at and .
- 57 Heb “Lord of armies, just judge, tester of kidneys and heart.” The sentence has been broken up to avoid a long and complex English sentence. The translation is more in keeping with contemporary English style. In Hebrew thought the “kidneys” were thought of as the seat of the emotions and passions and the “heart” was viewed as the seat of intellect, conscience, and will. The “heart” and the “kidneys” are often used figuratively for the thoughts, emotions, motives, and drives that are thought to be seated in them.
- 58 Heb “Let me see your retribution [i.e., see you exact retribution] from them because I reveal my cause [i.e., plea for justice] to you.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously
and test the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
But, Lord of Armies, who judges righteously,
who tests heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
you make righteous judgments,
and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness,
who tests the inmost being, and the mind,
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have revealed my legal case.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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