Proverbs 17:3

In 11 translations

BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

KJV

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

WEB

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

ASV

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

LSV

A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.

YLT

A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.

DBY

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

DRC

As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

GNV

As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.

JPS

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.

LXXE

As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ δοκιμάζεται ἐν καμίνῳ ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσὸς, οὕτως ἐκλεκταὶ καρδίαι παρὰ Κυρίῳ.

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• Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
• Proverbs 27:21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
• 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly…
• 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Psalms 66:10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
• Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our…
• Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Malachi 3:2–3But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons…

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