Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 27

Proverbs 27:21 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) +2 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

ASV +1 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

BSB +1 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

DRA As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

FBV Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.

GNV As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

LSV A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And a man according to his praise.

NIV (US) +1 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.

OJB As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav; so is an ish tested by the praise he receives.

RV The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

T4T Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and [SIM] people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us.

WEB (US) +7 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) +1 Что плавильня — для серебра, горнило — для золота, то для человека уста, которые хвалят его.

РСП (81 кн.) Что плавильня — для серебра, горнило — для золота, то для человека уста, которые хвалят его. [Сердце беззаконника ищет зла, сердце же правое ищет знания.]

НРП Тигель — для серебра, и для золота — горн плавильный, а человек испытывается похвалами.

Заокская (Кулаков) Серебру — тигель, и горн — для золота, человек же похвалою испытывается.

ВП +2 В тигле испытывается серебро, в горне плавильном — золото, а похвалами — человек.

СП (БЛ) Люди очищают огнём золото и серебро, так же и человек проверяется хвалой, воздаваемой ему другими.