Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For You have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.

King James Version

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Holman Bible

For You, God, tested us;
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.

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.

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Praise For God's Mighty Acts

9 He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall. 10 For You have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.


Cross References

Psalm 17:3

You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.

Isaiah 48:10

I have been testing you for myself like silver. I have put you through the fire of trouble.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

1 Peter 1:6-7

You greatly rejoice in this, though you have been grieved with various trials for a little while.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the forty years Jehovah your God led you in the wilderness. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know what was in your heart. Whether you would obey his commandments.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the desert with manna. Your fathers had never seen this. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 13:3

do not listen to them. Jehovah your God is allowing them to test you. He will then know that you love Jehovah with all your heart.

Job 23:10

But He knows the way I walk. He has tried me. I shall come forth as gold.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.

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