Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith.
New American Standard Bible
And there comes out a vessel for the
King James Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Holman Bible
and a vessel will be produced
International Standard Version
Purge the dross from the silver, and material for a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.
A Conservative Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes forth a vessel for the refiner.
American Standard Version
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
Amplified
Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape].
Bible in Basic English
Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.
Darby Translation
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
Julia Smith Translation
Take ye away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the goldsmith.
King James 2000
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
Modern King James verseion
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof.
NET Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
New Heart English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
The Emphasized Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:
Webster
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
World English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
Youngs Literal Translation
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
Themes
Government » The kings of the earth
Government » Whose throne shall be established
Interlinear
Yatsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
3 As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so [is] the heart of kings--there is no searching. 4 Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith. 5 Remove the wicked before a king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 17:3
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
Isaiah 1:25-27
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
2 Timothy 2:20-21
Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.
Ezekiel 22:18
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become as silver dross to me; all of them [are as] bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, [even] [as] silver dross, silver [dross] they became!
Malachi 3:2-3
And who [can] endure the day of his coming? And who [is] the one who can stand {when he appears}? For he [is] like a refiner's fire, like launderers' alkali.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,