Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 17
Proverbs 17:3 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
ASV
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
DRA
As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
FBV
A crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, but the Lord tests the attitude of mind.
GNV
As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.
JPS
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.
LSV
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.
OJB
The crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav, but Hashem is the testor of hearts.
T4T
Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and Yahweh similarly examines people’s inner beings to see if they are pure.
WEB (US)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
WEB (UK)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Плавильня — для серебра, и горнило — для золота, а сердца испытывает Господь.
НРП
Тигель — для серебра, и для золота — горн плавильный, а Господь испытывает сердца.
Заокская (Кулаков)
Серебру — тигель, и горн — для золота, а сердцу человека — от Господа испытанье.
СП (БЛ)
Золото и серебро очищают огнём, но сердца людей очищает Господь.