Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.
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.”
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.
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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Nathan
Yada`
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26 Wherefore, gird a sackcloth about thee, O daughter of my people; sprinkle thyself with ashes, mourn and weep bitterly, as upon the only beloved son: for the destroyer shall suddenly fall upon us. 27 "Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways. 28 For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20
and so shall I make thee a strong wall of steel against this people. They shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail. For I myself will be with thee, to help thee, and deliver thee, sayeth the LORD.
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?
Ezekiel 3:8-10
Behold, therefore, I will make thy face prevail against their faces, and harden thy forehead against their foreheads;
Ezekiel 20:4
I will give you no answer.' Wilt thou not reprove them, thou son of man? Wilt thou not reprove them? Show them the abominations of their forefathers, and tell them: 'Thus sayeth the LORD God:
Ezekiel 22:2
"Thou son of man, wilt thou not reprove this bloodthirsty city? Show them their abominations,