American Standard Version (ASV):
I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
King James Version (KJV):
I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
American Standard Version (ASV):
As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
King James Version (KJV):
[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
American Standard Version (ASV):
A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
King James Version (KJV):
A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
American Standard Version (ASV):
O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
King James Version (KJV):
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
King James Version (KJV):
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
King James Version (KJV):
The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
American Standard Version (ASV):
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
King James Version (KJV):
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
King James Version (KJV):
Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.
King James Version (KJV):
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn for ever.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
King James Version (KJV):
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.