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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The furnace proveth the potter’s vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.
- WEB
- The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts.
- DRC27:6
- The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
- LXXE
- The furnace proveth the potter's vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Σκεύη κεραμέως δοκιμάζει κάμινος, καὶ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐν διαλογισμῷ αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:6 in some Bibles
- 27:5 in most Bibles