Proverbs 25:4 - Easy To Read Version If you take the worthless things from silver and make it pure, then a worker can make beautiful things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth [the material for] a vessel for the silversmith [to work up]. [II Tim. 2:21.] American Standard Version (1901) Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner: Common English Bible Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel will come out for the refiner. Catholic Public Domain Version Take away the tarnish from silver, and a most pure vessel will go forth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel: |
Gold and silver are put into fire to make them pure. But the Lord is the One who makes peoples’ hearts pure.
The sky is high above and the ground is under us. It is the same with the minds of kings. We can’t understand them.
Good words that hide an evil plan is like silver paint over a cheap, clay pot.
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [173]} bronze, iron, lead, and tin are worthless compared to silver. \{Workers put silver into fire to make it pure. The silver melts and the workers separate it from the waste.\} The nation of Israel has become like that worthless waste.
Why do these troubles happen? To prove that your faith is pure (true). This purity of faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. The purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ appears (comes).