Parallel Verses
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 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26 So I said, "Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us." 27 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." 28 I reported, "All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20
I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, "I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?
Ezekiel 3:8-10
"I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.
Ezekiel 20:4
"Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,
Ezekiel 22:2
"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!