Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof.

New American Standard Bible

Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

King James Version

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Holman Bible

Remove impurities from silver,
and a vessel will be produced for a silversmith.

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith.

Modern King James verseion

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הגה 
Hagah 
Usage: 3

the dross
סוּג סיגo 
Ciyg 
Usage: 8

from the silver
כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

3 The heaven is high, the earth is deep, and the kings' heart is unsearchable. 4 Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof. 5 Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.

Isaiah 1:25-27

And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,

2 Timothy 2:20-21

Notwithstanding, in a great house are not only vessels of gold and of silver: but also of wood and of earth: Some for honour, and some unto dishonour.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

Malachi 3:2-3

Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal.

1 Peter 1:7

that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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