Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
New American Standard Bible
You have
King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Holman Bible
You refined us as silver is refined.
International Standard Version
For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.
A Conservative Version
For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.
American Standard Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Amplified
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
Darby Translation
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver.
King James 2000
For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
Modern King James verseion
For You have proved us, O God; You have tested us, as silver is refined.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
NET Bible
For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.
New Heart English Bible
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Webster
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
World English Bible
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
Themes
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
9 Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved. 10 For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver. 11 You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
1 Peter 1:6-7
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
Deuteronomy 13:3
Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.
Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Proverbs 17:3
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.