Jeremiah 20:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² O Lord of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But, O Lord of hosts, You Who try the righteous, Who see the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You have I revealed and committed my cause.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Common English Bible

¹² The LORD of heavenly forces tests the righteous and discerns the heart and the mind. Let me see your retribution upon them, for I have committed my case to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And you, O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just, who sees the temperament and the heart: I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them. For I have revealed my case to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have laid open my cause.

Jeremiah 20:12 Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates him that loves violence.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Psalm 17:3

If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.

Psalm 54:7

For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Psalm 58:10

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 59:10

My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.

Psalm 86:4

Gladden the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Isaiah 37:14

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow or a crane I clamor, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be thou my security!

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O Lord of hosts, who judgest righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.

Jeremiah 12:8

My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest, she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

Jeremiah 17:18

Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil; destroy them with double destruction!

1 Peter 2:23

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

Revelation 6:10

they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”

1 Samuel 1:15

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman sorely troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.