Jeremiah 17:9 - Compare All Versions
Jeremiah 17:9 NIV (New International Version)
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 NLT (New Living Translation)
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
Jeremiah 17:9 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV (King James Version)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV (New King James Version)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9-10 MSG (The Message)
“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, GOD, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” * * *
Jeremiah 17:9 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
¶“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶“The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives? [Matt 13:15-17; Mark 7:21-23; Eph 4:20-24]
Jeremiah 17:9 NET (New English Translation)
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?