KJV
ASV
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
ESV
3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
ERVEN
3. Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person's heart is made pure by the Lord.
NLT
3. Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
WEB
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
NET
3. The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
NLV
3. The melting-pot is for silver and the hot fire is for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
HCSB
3. A crucible is for silver and a smelter for gold, but the LORD is a tester of hearts.
YLT
3. A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
LITV
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
RV
3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
NCV
3. A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
MKJV
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
AKJV
3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
LXXEN
3. As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
KJV
3. The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
AMP
3. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.]
KJVP
3. The refining pot H4715 [ is ] for silver H3701 LD-NMS , and the furnace H3564 for gold H2091 LD-NMS : but the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS trieth H974 the hearts H3826 .
YLT
3. A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
ASV
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
WEB
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
NASB
3. The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of hearts is the LORD.
ESV
3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
RV
3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
RSV
3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
NKJV
3. The refining pot [is] for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests the hearts.
MKJV
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
AKJV
3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
NRSV
3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
NIV
3. The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
NIRV
3. Fire tests silver. Heat tests gold. But the Lord tests our hearts.
NLT
3. Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
MSG
3. As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are assayed by GOD.
GNB
3. Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the LORD.
NET
3. The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
ERVEN
3. Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person's heart is made pure by the Lord.