Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
New American Standard Bible
And there comes out a vessel for the
King James Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Holman Bible
and a vessel will be produced
International Standard Version
Purge the dross from the silver, and material for a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.
A Conservative Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes forth a vessel for the refiner.
American Standard Version
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
Amplified
Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape].
Bible in Basic English
Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.
Darby Translation
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
Julia Smith Translation
Take ye away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the goldsmith.
King James 2000
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith.
Modern King James verseion
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof.
NET Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
New Heart English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
The Emphasized Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:
Webster
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
World English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
Themes
Government » The kings of the earth
Government » Whose throne shall be established
Interlinear
Yatsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- are unsearchable. 4 Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth, 5 Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 17:3
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.
Isaiah 1:25-27
And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
2 Timothy 2:20-21
And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:
Ezekiel 22:18
The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,
Malachi 3:2-3
And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he is as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
1 Peter 1:7
that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,