Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,
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

I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people—
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.

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.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I have set
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

בּחון 
Bachown' 
Usage: 1

and a fortress
מבצרה מבצר 
Mibtsar 
Usage: 37

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and try
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

References

Fausets

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

26 O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. 27 “I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,
That you may know and assay their way.”
28 All of them are stubborn rebels. They go about telling false stories. They are copper and iron. They are all corrupt, all of them!



Cross References

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.

Jeremiah 15:20

I will make you a fortified wall of copper to these people. Though they fight against you, they will not prevail over you. For I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:7

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Behold, I will refine them and assay them. What else can I do, because of the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 3:8-10

Yet, I will make you as stubborn and as hardheaded as they are.

Ezekiel 20:4

Are you willing to warn them, Ezekiel? Then remind them of the disgusting sins of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 22:2

Son of man will you judge? Will you judge the city of murderers (the bloodguilty)? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done.

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