Proverbs 27:21
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Proverbs 27:21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.






BSB:  A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
KJV:  As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
DRB:  As 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.
DBT:  The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
ERV:  The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
WBT:  As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
WEB:  The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
YLT:  A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
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