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


In Context

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

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

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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.