Jeremiah 12:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which `is' good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.
  • Jer 17:18 : 18 Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed -- me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted -- me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time `with' destruction destroy them.
  • Jas 5:5 : 5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.
  • Ps 44:21-22 : 21 Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
  • Ps 139:1-4 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. 2 Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar. 3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And `with' all my ways hast been acquainted. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
  • Job 23:10 : 10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.
  • Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Wo `is' on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.
  • Jer 51:4 : 4 And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He saith to him the third time, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;
  • 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,
  • Jer 18:21-23 : 21 Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle, 22 A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet. 23 And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!
  • Jer 20:12 : 12 And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.
  • Jer 48:15 : 15 Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
  • Jer 11:19-20 : 19 And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again. 20 And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

  • 23Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,

  • Ps 139:1-5
    5 verses
    79%

    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

    2Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

    3My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And `with' all my ways hast been acquainted.

    4For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

    5Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

  • Jer 12:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

  • Jer 11:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    18And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.

    19And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

    20And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

  • 3Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

    23And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

  • 2Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified `are' my reins and my heart.

  • 3When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way `in' which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

  • 15Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.

  • 4Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.'

  • 16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

  • Lam 1:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20See, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house `it is' as death.

    21They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done `it', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

    22Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

  • Lam 3:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

    12He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

  • 3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

  • 28And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thy anger towards Me.

  • Lam 3:59-60
    2 verses
    73%

    59Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.

    60Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.

  • 4Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,

  • 7I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

  • 5O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

  • 10I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

  • 22Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

  • 16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

  • 27And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me;

  • 6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

  • Ps 44:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

    22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

  • Ps 118:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

    13Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

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    9Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

  • 10Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation.

  • 4Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou `art' my strength.

  • 13Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

  • 21For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

  • 27A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

  • 6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

  • 13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

  • 41And mine enemies -- Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me -- and I cut them off.