21The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.


In Context

18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

20 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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

22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Proverbs 27:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:21[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:21The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:21As 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:21The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.