Proverbs 25:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Take the impurities out of silver, and a vessel is ready for the silversmith to mold.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

ASV:

Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

BBE:

Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

DBY:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

ERV:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

JPS:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

WBS:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

WEB:

Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

YLT:

Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

Proverbs 25:4 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 26:23 Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

Ezekiel 22:18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Malachi 3:2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

Malachi 3:3 "He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:4 Take away the {f} dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
(f) When vice is removed from a king, he is a meet vessel for the Lord's use.

WES:

25:4 Take away - Then, and not 'till then it is fit for that use.

MHC:

25:1-3 God needs not search into any thing; nothing can be hid from him. But it is the honour of rulers to search out matters, to bring to light hidden works of darkness. 4,5. For a prince to suppress vice, and reform his people, is the best way to support his government. 6,7. Religion teaches us humility and self-denial. He who has seen the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus, will feel his own unworthiness. 8-10. To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter. 11,12. A word of counsel, or reproof, rightly spoken, is especially beautiful, as fine fruit becomes still more beautiful in silver baskets. 13. See what ought to be the aim of him that is trusted with any business; to be faithful. A faithful minister, Christ's messenger, should be thus acceptable to us. 14. He who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, is like the morning cloud, that disappoints those who look for rain. 15. Be patient to bear a present hurt. Be mild to speak without passion; for persuasive language is the most effectual to prevail over the hardened mind. 16. God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess.

CONC:

Dross Finer Forth Material Refiner Silver Silversmith Silver-worker Smith Vessel Waste

Dross Forth Material Refiner Remove Silver Silversmith Silver-Worker Smith Vessel Waste

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