Jeremiah 6:27
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English Standard Version
“I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways.

New American Standard Bible
"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

King James Bible
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people-- a refiner-- so you may know and assay their way of life.

International Standard Version
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."

NET Bible
The LORD said to me, "I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Jeremiah, I have put you in charge of testing and refining my people. You will know how to test their ways.

King James 2000 Bible
I have set you for a tester and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.

American King James Version
I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.

American Standard Version
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.

Darby Bible Translation
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

English Revised Version
I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

World English Bible
"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.

Young's Literal Translation
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
Lexicon
I have set
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
thee for a tower
bachown'  (baw-khone')
an assayer or metals -- tower.
and a fortress
mibtsar  (mib-tsawr')
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender -- (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
among my people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
that thou mayest know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
and try
bachan  (baw-khan')
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate -- examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
their way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Multilingual
Jérémie 6:27 French

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