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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 20:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 20:12 |
Strong Concordance |
But, O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that triest [0974] the righteous [06662], and seest [07200] the reins [03629] and the heart [03820], let me see [07200] thy vengeance [05360] on them: for unto thee have I opened [01540] my cause [07379]. |
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King James |
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
triest the righteous--in latent contrast to the hasty judgments of men (Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10).
opened--that is, committed (compare Kg2 19:14; Psa 35:1). |
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Plead [07378] my cause, O LORD [03068], with them that strive [03401] with me: fight [03898] against them that fight [03898] against me.
14 And Hezekiah [02396] received [03947] the letter [05612] of the hand [03027] of the messengers [04397], and read [07121] it: and Hezekiah [02396] went up [05927] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and spread [06566] it before [06440] the LORD [03068].
10 I the LORD [03068] search [02713] the heart [03820], I try [0974] the reins [03629], even to give [05414] every man [0376] according to his ways [01870], and according to the fruit [06529] of his doings [04611].
20 But, O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that judgest [08199] righteously [06664], that triest [0974] the reins [03629] and the heart [03820], let me see [07200] thy vengeance [05360] on them: for unto thee have I revealed [01540] my cause [07379].