3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.


In Context

1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.

4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.

5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.