Jeremiah 6:27
Strong's Lexicon
I have appointed you
נְתַתִּ֥יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

a tester of metals
בָּח֛וֹן (bā·ḥō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 969: 1) assayer (an inspector and valuer of metals)

among My people
בְעַמִּ֖י (ḇə·‘am·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

so you may know
וְתֵדַ֕ע (wə·ṯê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) 1e1) to be known 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle) 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare 1g) (Hophal) to be made known 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

and try
וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ (ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 974: 1) to examine, try, prove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to examine, scrutinise 1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God) 1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved 1c) (Pual) to make a trial

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

their ways.
דַּרְכָּֽם׃ (dar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

Young's Literal Translation
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have appointed you to be an assayer among  My  people — a refiner  — so you may know and  assay their  way of life. 

New American Standard Bible
"I have made you an assayer [and] a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

King James Bible
I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

New Living Translation
"Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals, that you may determine the quality of my people.

English Standard Version
“I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways.

New American Standard Bible
"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

King James Bible
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people-- a refiner-- so you may know and assay their way of life.

International Standard Version
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."

NET Bible
The LORD said to me, "I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave."

American Standard Version
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

English Revised Version
I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

Young's Literal Translation
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
















Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jeremiah 6:25
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
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