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


In Context

24 We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

25 Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

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

28 They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

29 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try 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 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.