Verse List for PROV 20:27

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B I ◄ ← Prov 20:27 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The human spirit is Yahweh’s lamp, ⇔ → searching all the innermost parts.

OET-LV The _lamp _of YHWH is_the_breath _of a _human it_is_searching all _of the_chambers _of the_belly.

ULT The breath of a man, is the lamp of Yahweh, ⇔ searching all the rooms of the belly.

UST Just as the light of a lamp penetrates into and illuminates a dark place, the life-breath that Yahweh puts into each person penetrates into the person’s inner being. ⇔  That breath is like the presence of Yahweh, who sees everything that is inside a person.

BSB & MSB The spirit[fn] of a man [is] the lamp of the LORD, ⇔  searching out his inmost being.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, ⇔  searching all his innermost parts.

NET The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, ⇔ searching all his innermost parts.

LSV The breath of man [is] a lamp of YHWH,
Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

FBV The Lord's light shines on the conscience, revealing our deepest thoughts.

T4T ⇔  Our consciences are like lamps that Yahweh has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking [MET]; ⇔  they reveal what is hidden deep in our ◄minds/inner beings►.

LEB • The lamp of Yahweh is the spirit[fn] of humankind,
• he who searches every innermost part .[fn]

BBE The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

Moff Man’s conscience is the lamp of the Eternal, ⇔  flashing into his inmost soul.

JPS The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts.

ASV The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, ⇔ Searching all his innermost parts.

DRA The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

YLT The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

Drby Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

RV The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly.

SLT The light of Jehovah is the breath of man, searching all the chambers of the belly.

Wbstr The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

KJB-1769 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man, searching all the inwarde partes of the body.
(The lantern of the Lord is the breath of man, searching all the inward parts of the body.)

Gnva The light of the Lord is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly.

Cvdl The lanterne of ye LORDE is ye breth of man, & goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body.
(The lantern of ye/you_all LORD is ye/you_all breath of man, and goeth/goes through all the inward parts of the body.)

Wycl The lanterne of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe.
(The lantern of the Lord is the spirit of man, that seeketh/seeks out all the priuetees of the womb.)

Luth Die Leuchte des HErr’s ist des Menschen Odem; die gehet durchs ganze Herz.
(The lamp/lantern the LORD’s is the people breath; the goes through whole/all heart.)

ClVg Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.
(Lamp Master spiraculum of_man, which investigat everything secrets belly.)

UHB נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל־חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃ ‡

BrLXX Φῶς Κυρίου πνοὴ ἀνθρώπων, ὃς ἐρευνᾷ ταμιεῖα κοιλίας.

BrTr The [fn]spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.