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


In Context

24 'We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

25 Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear is round about.

26 O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

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

28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

29 The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn 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 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 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.