Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined 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.
Bible in Basic English
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
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.
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
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 66:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Mighty Acts
9 He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip. 10 For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver. 11 You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.
Cross References
Psalm 17:3
You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
Isaiah 48:10
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
Zechariah 13:9
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
1 Peter 1:6-7
This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.
Deuteronomy 13:3
You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
Job 23:10
But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.