Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

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.

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 daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us. 27 A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way. 28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.



Cross References

Jeremiah 1:18

And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land;

Jeremiah 15:20

And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee am I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

Ezekiel 3:8-10

'Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.

Ezekiel 20:4

Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

Ezekiel 22:2

'And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

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