27I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.


In Context

24 We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.

25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.

26 Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, as for an only son bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.

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

28 They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

Jeremiah 6:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:27I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:27"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:27I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:27I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:27I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27|I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:27I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.