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


In Context

18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

19 As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

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

22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

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 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 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.