Psalms 17:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You have tested my heart; you have visited me at night. You have refined me and found no evil. I have resolved that my mouth will not transgress.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou hast proved{H974} my heart;{H3820} Thou hast visited{H6485} me in the night;{H3915} Thou hast tried{H6884} me, and findest{H4672} nothing; I am purposed{H2161} that my mouth{H6310} shall not transgress.{H5674}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou hast proved{H974}{(H8804)} mine heart{H3820}; thou hast visited{H6485}{(H8804)} me in the night{H3915}; thou hast tried{H6884}{(H8804)} me, and shalt find{H4672}{(H8799)} nothing; I am purposed{H2161}{(H8800)} that my mouth{H6310} shall not transgress{H5674}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thou hast proued & visited myne herte in the night season: thou hast tried me in the fyre, & hast founde no wickednes in me: for I vtterly purposed, that my mouth shulde not offende.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited it in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no wickednesse, for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and found nothing; I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; test my mind and my heart.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For you, O God, have proved us; you have tried us, as silver is tried.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 16:7 : 7 I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.
  • Ps 139:1 : 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon those whom I reserve.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
  • Ps 44:17-21 : 17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way; 19 Though You have severely broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you.
  • 1 Sam 26:11 : 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed. But, please, take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go."
  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
  • Acts 16:9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, Come over to Macedonia and help us.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.'
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

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