Jeremiah 6:27

In 11 translations

BSB

“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.Or to examine My people, a fortress

KJV

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

WEB

“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.

ASV

I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

LSV

“I have given you a watchtower, || A fortress among My people, || And you know, and have tried their way.

YLT

A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

DBY

I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

DRC

I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.

GNV

I haue set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.

JPS

I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

LXXE

I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.

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WLC

בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Δοκιμαστὴν δέδωκά σε ἐν λαοῖς δεδοκιμασμένοις, καὶ γνώσῃ με ἐν τῷ δοκιμάσαι με τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
• Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
• Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
• Ezekiel 3:8–10Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence,…
• Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

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