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Jeremiah 17:9

The heartc is deceitful above all things

and beyond cure.

Who can understand it?

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Jeremiah 17:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The heart is deceitful above all things,

and desperately sick;

who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Jeremiah 17:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,

and desperately wicked.

Who really knows how bad it is?

Jeremiah 17:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“The heart is deceitful above all things,

And desperately wicked;

Who can know it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

“More than anything else, a person’s mind is evil

and cannot be healed.

Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Jeremiah 17:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Jeremiah 17:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. 

No one can understand how deceitful it is. 

Jeremiah 17:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,

and incurable—who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The heart is devious above all else;

it is perverse—

who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The heart is deceitful more than anything else,

and it is disastrous. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A human heart is more dishonest than anything else.

It can’t be healed.

Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“The heart is more deceitful than all else

And is desperately sick;

Who can understand it?


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