Jeremiah 17:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that spreads out its roots to the stream.
When the heat comes, it does not fear;
    its leaves stay green.
It is not concerned in a year of drought,
    and it never fails to bear fruit.
⁹The heart is more deceitful than any other thing,
    and it is also perverse.
    Who can uncover its secrets?
¹⁰I, the Lord, search the heart
    and probe the mind
to reward all according to their conduct
    and as their deeds deserve.

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Jeremiah 17:8-10

New International Version

⁸They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(C)

⁹The heart^(D) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

¹⁰“I the Lord search the heart^(E)
and examine the mind,^(F)
to reward^(G) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”^(H)

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Jeremiah 17:8-10

King James Version

⁸For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

¹⁰I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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