Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
New American Standard Bible
That you may know and assay their way.”
King James Version
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Holman Bible
a refiner
so you may know and assay their way of life.
International Standard Version
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."
A Conservative Version
I have made thee a prover [and] a fortress among my people, that thou may know and try their way.
American Standard Version
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
Amplified
“I [the Lord] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people,
That you may know and analyze their acts.”
Darby Translation
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Julia Smith Translation
I gave thee a watch-tower among my people, a fortification, and thou shalt know and try their way.
King James 2000
I have set you for a tester and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification, so that you may know and put to the test their ways.
Modern King James verseion
I have set you up an assayer, an examiner among My people, that you may know and try their way.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.
NET Bible
The Lord said to me, "I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave."
New Heart English Bible
"I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way."
The Emphasized Bible
An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold-ore, - That thou mayest note and try their way:
Webster
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
World English Bible
"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
Youngs Literal Translation
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
Themes
Fortresses » Illustrative of » Protection afforded to ministers
Topics
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Yada`
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26 O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly. 27 I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test. 28 All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
Ezekiel 3:8-10
See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
Ezekiel 20:4
Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting ways of their fathers,
Ezekiel 22:2
And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.