Parallel Verses
Amplified
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
New American Standard Bible
You have
King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Holman Bible
You refined us as silver is refined.
International Standard Version
For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.
A Conservative Version
For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.
American Standard Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Bible in Basic English
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Darby Translation
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver.
King James 2000
For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
Modern King James verseion
For You have proved us, O God; You have tested us, as silver is refined.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
NET Bible
For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.
New Heart English Bible
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Webster
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
World English Bible
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
Themes
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
9
Who keeps us among the living,
And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
Cross References
Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
Isaiah 48:10
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.
Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and all your soul [your entire being].
Job 23:10
“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.