Isaiah 48:10
Strong's Lexicon
See,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

I have refined you,
צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ (ṣə·rap̄·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6884: 1) to smelt, refine, test 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smelt, refine 1a2) to test 1a3) to test (and prove true) 1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be refined 1c) (Piel) to be a refiner 1c1) refiner (participle)

but not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

as silver;
בְכָ֑סֶף (ḇə·ḵā·sep̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents

I have tested
בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ (bə·ḥar·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 977: 1) to choose, elect, decide for 1a) (Qal) to choose 1b) (Niphal) to be chosen 1c) (Pual) to be chosen, selected

you in the furnace
בְּכ֥וּר (bə·ḵūr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3564: n m 1) furnace, forge, smelting furnace or pot v 2) (Qal) to bore, pierce, dig, hew

of affliction.
עֹֽנִי׃ (‘ō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6040: 1) affliction, poverty, misery 1a) affliction 1b) poverty

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

King James Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

New Living Translation
I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

English Standard Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

King James Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

International Standard Version
Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.

NET Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

American Standard Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

English Revised Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

1 Kings 8:51
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Isaiah 27:9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

Jeremiah 11:4
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 48:9
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Isaiah 48:8
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
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