Proverbs 17:3 | |
NASB: The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (NASB ©1995) GWT: The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but the one who purifies hearts [by fire]is the LORD. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. ASV: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. BBE: The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts. DBY: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts. JPS: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts. WBS: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. WEB: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts. YLT: A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah. | |
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