Isaiah 48:10 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

English ASV

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

English Amplified

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

English EASY 2024

Listen! I have made you pure. But I have not done it in the way that people make silver pure. Instead, I have sent pain and trouble to you. That is how I make you pure.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Look, I will make you pure, but not in the way you make silver pure. I will make you pure by giving you troubles.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I have tested you in the fire of suffering, as silver is refined in a furnace. But I have found that you are worthless.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English KJV 1611

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

English LSB

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

See, I have refined you like silver, tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I have put you to the test in the furnace of suffering. I have tried to make you pure. But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.

English NIV

See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English NKJ 1982

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

English NLT

I have refined you but not in the way silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

See, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

See, I have purified you in the furnace of adversity, but not like silver—I have refined you in the fire.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I refined you in the furnace of affliction, but found no silver there. You are worthless, with nothing good in you at all.

English Tyndale 1537

Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;

Isaiah 48:10 — Compare Translations