For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
Proverbs 25:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel; Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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: |
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.
so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.