Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Holman Bible
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
International Standard Version
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.
A Conservative Version
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
American Standard Version
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Amplified
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
Bible in Basic English
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Darby Translation
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Julia Smith Translation
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold: and Jehovah tries hearts.
King James 2000
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.
NET Bible
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.
New Heart English Bible
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
The Emphasized Bible
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Webster
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
World English Bible
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Youngs Literal Translation
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers. 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts. 4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my heart and my mind.
Proverbs 27:21
As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
Jeremiah 17:10
I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that You try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here to offer willingly to You.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Psalm 66:10
For You have proved us, O God; You have tested us, as silver is refined.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Malachi 3:2-3
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death. And all the churches will know that I am He who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works.