New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 20:12
12Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who 1test the righteous, Who see the 2mind and the heart; Let me 3see Your vengeance on them; For 4to You I have set forth my cause.
Jeremiah 20:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous, And see the mind and heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them; For I have pleaded my cause before You.
Context of Jeremiah 20:12
10For I have heard the whispering of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!” All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him.” 11But the Lord is with me like a dread champion; Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten. Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have set forth my cause. 13Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord! For He has delivered the soul of the needy one From the hand of evildoers. 14Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
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וַיהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ בֹּחֵ֣ן צַדִּ֔יק רֹאֶ֥ה כְלָי֖וֹת וָלֵ֑ב אֶרְאֶ֤ה נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ מֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ גִּלִּ֥יתִי אֶת־רִיבִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
- Yet, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- testבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
- the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
- Who seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- mindכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
- and the heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- Your vengeanceנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
- to You I have setהֶגְלָםgâlâh · HeglamH1540
- my causeרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
Cross-references for Jeremiah 20:12
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
- Psalms 7:9O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
- Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and You find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
- Psalms 26:2Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
- Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
- Jeremiah 11:20But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause.
- Jeremiah 12:8My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.
- Jeremiah 17:18Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster, And crush them with twofold destruction!
- Jeremiah 18:19Do give heed to me, O Lord, And listen to what my opponents are saying!
- 2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”
- Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
- Psalms 59:10My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.
- Psalms 109:6Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- Revelation 6:10and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 20:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-18Verses 7-18 In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the result of feelings wounded by the indignities of a public scourging and a night spent in the stocks? Or was it not the mental agony of knowing that his ministry had (as it seemed) failed? He stands indeed before the multitudes with unbending…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But Jr 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me by the influence of thy Spirit upon me. So long as we see ourselves in the way of God, and of duty, it is weakness and folly, when we meet with difficulties and discouragements, to wish we had never set out in it. The prophet found the grace of God mighty in him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Jeremiah fully trusted the Lord of Heaven’s Armies (see Jeremiah 5:14), who could take revenge on the prophet’s enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. triest the righteous--in latent contrast to the hasty judgments of men (Jr 11:20; 17:10). opened--that is, committed (compare 2Ki 19:14; Psa 35:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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