Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."
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.
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.”
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26 Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as one mourns at the death of an only son. For the destroyer will come on us suddenly. 27 "I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way." 28 All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
"As for me, today I'm making you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the whole land against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20
I'll make you a fortified wall of bronze to this people. They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you,"
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do?
Ezekiel 3:8-10
So pay attention! I'm going to make you just as obstinate and unyielding as they are.
Ezekiel 20:4
"Will you judge them? Son of Man, will you indeed judge them? Teach them about the detestable things that their ancestors did.
Ezekiel 22:2
"Now, Son of Man, will you truly judge that blood-stained city? Then make her aware of all of her detestable practices.