Proverbs 17:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
English ASV
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
English Amplified
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the LORD is the tester of hearts.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
English EASY 2024
You need a hot fire to make silver and gold become pure. It is the Lord who does that for people, to show what they are really like.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person's heart is made pure by the Lord.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the Lord.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but the one who purifies hearts {by fire} is the Lord.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A crucible is for silver and a smelter for gold, but the LORD is a tester of hearts.
English KJV 1611
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
English LSB
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests hearts.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord is the tester of the heart.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of hearts is the LORD.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Fire tests silver. Heat tests gold. But the Lord tests our hearts.
English NIV
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
English NKJ 1982
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.
English NLT
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
In the same way that gold and silver are refined by fire, the Lord purifies your heart by the tests and trials of life.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Silver and gold are purified by fire, but God purifies hearts.
English Tyndale 1537
Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.