Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
New American Standard Bible
I have tested you in the
King James Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Holman Bible
I have tested
International Standard Version
Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Amplified
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Bible in Basic English
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Darby Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I purified thee and not with silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.
King James 2000
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
NET Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, - I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
Webster
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
World English Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
Themes
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
9 Nevertheless, for my name's sake, I have withdrawn my wrath, and for mine honour's sake I have overseen thee, so that I have not rooted thee out. 10 Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty; 11 And that only for mine own sake, for I give mine honour to none other, that thou shouldest not despise me.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:20
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
Job 23:10
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3
Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.
Ezekiel 22:18-22
"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.
1 Peter 1:7
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Kings 8:51
For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the furnace of iron.
Isaiah 1:25-26
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Ezekiel 20:38
The forsakers also and the transgressors will I take from among you, and bring them out of the land of your habitations: As for the land of Israel, they shall not come in it: that they may know how that I am the LORD.
Zechariah 13:8-9
And it shall come to pass, sayeth the LORD, that in all the land two parts shall be rooted out, but the third part shall remain therein.
Malachi 3:2-3
Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal.
Hebrews 12:10-11
And they verily for a few days nurtured us after their own pleasure; but he learneth us unto that which is profitable, that we might receive of his holiness.
1 Peter 4:12
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.