Proverbs 27:21
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Accorded Crucible Fining Fining-Pot Furnace Gold Heating-Pot Judged Measured Mouth Oven-Fire Pot Praise Praised Praiseth Receives Refined Refining Silver Tested Tried
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Accorded Crucible Fining Fining-Pot Furnace Gold Heating-Pot Judged Measured Mouth Oven-Fire Pot Praise Praised Praiseth Receives Refined Refining Silver Tested Tried
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English Standard Version
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.

New American Standard Bible
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

King James Bible
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and a man for the words of his praise.

International Standard Version
As the crucible tests silver, and the furnace assays gold; so praise received tests a man.

NET Bible
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A refining pot proves silver, and a furnace- gold, so is a man proven by the mouth of his praisers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but a person [is tested] by the praise given to him.

King James 2000 Bible
As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.

American King James Version
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

American Standard Version
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

World English Bible
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

Young's Literal Translation
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Lexicon
As the fining pot
mitsreph  (mits-rafe')
a crucible -- fining pot.
for silver
keceph  (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
and the furnace
kuwr  (koor)
a pot or furnace (as if excavated) -- furnace.
for gold
zahab  (zaw-hawb')
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky -- gold(-en), fair weather.
so is a man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
his praise
mahalal  (mah-hal-awl')
fame -- praise.
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