Jeremiah 6:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ I [says the Lord] have set you [Jeremiah] as an assayer and a prover of ore among My people, that you may know and try their doings and be like a watchtower.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

Common English Bible

²⁷ I have made you a tester of metals, to examine my people to know and prove their ways.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.

Jeremiah 6:27 Cross References

Jeremiah 1:18

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 20:4

Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

Ezekiel 22:2

And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.