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Jeremiah 17:9

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

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עָקֹ֥בaqovcrookedעָקֹבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “crooked”, the ordinary formH6121(transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) trackedcrooked, deceitful, polluted.הַלֵּ֛בhalevthe comfortablyלֵבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…מִכֹּ֖לmikolfrom allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).וְאָנֻ֣שׁveanushand desperateאָנַשׁconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and desperate”, the ordinary formH605to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholydesperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.ה֑וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.מִ֖יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יֵדָעֶֽנּוּyedaenvknowיָדַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — who can know it?

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American Standard Version (1901)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Young’s Literal Translation

Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth know it?

World English Bible

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

Darby Translation

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

Douay-Rheims

The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — who can know it?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βαθεία ἡ καρδία παρὰ πάντα, καὶ ἄνθρωπός ἐστι, καὶ τίς γνώσεται αὐτόν;