Proverbs 27:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

Darby Translation ☆

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

Noyes Bible ☆

The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

[As] the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according to his praise.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

King James Version ☆

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Revised Version ☆

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; And a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; But an upright heart seeks knowledge.

World English Bible ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav; so is an ish tested by the praise he receives.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْبُوطَةُ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْكُورُ لِلذَّهَبِ، كَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ لِفَمِ مَادِحِهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ငွေစစ်စရာဘို့ မိုက်ရှိ၏။ ရွှေစစ်စရာဘို့ မီးဖို ရှိ၏။ လူကိုစစ်စရာဘို့ သူတပါးချီးမွမ်းခြင်းရှိ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငွေ စစ်စရာဘို့ မိုက် ရှိ၏။ ရွှေ စစ်စရာဘို့ မီးဖို ရှိ၏။ လူ ကိုစစ်စရာဘို့ သူတပါးချီးမွမ်း ခြင်းရှိ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Sumkanglung tui pacii hanah laom to oh, suitui pacii hanah kamngaeh hmai to oh; to baktih toengah kami doeh pakoehhaih hoiah tanoek thaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cak hamla cak am, sui hamla hmai-ulh om dae, hlang tah a ka dongkah a hoemnah ming uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cak hamla cak am, sui hamla hmai-ulh om dae, hlang tah a ka dongkah a hoemnah ming uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

鼎为炼银，炉为炼金， 人的称赞也 试炼人。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也 試煉人。

World Chinese Bible ☆

坩埚炼银， 炉子炼金； 人也因他所受的称赞受试炼。

Croatian Bible ☆

Taljika je za srebro i peć za zlato, a čovjek se poznaje po ustima koja ga hvale.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Teglík stříbra a pec zlata zkušuje, tak člověka pověst chvály jeho.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Digel til Sølv og Ovn til Guld, efter sit Ry bedømmes en Mand.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De smeltkroes is voor het zilver, en de oven voor het goud; alzo is een man naar zijn lof te proeven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Voor het zilver de smeltkroes, de oven voor het goud: De mens wordt beproefd naar zijn goede naam.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiel fandujo por arĝento kaj forno por oro, Tiel estas por homo la buŝo de lia laŭdanto.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le creuset est pour l’argent, et le fourneau pour l’or, ainsi l’homme, pour la bouche qui le loue.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

L'argent est éprouvé par le fourneau, l'or par le creuset; et l'homme est jugé d'après sa renommée.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le creuset est pour l’argent, et le fourneau pour l’or; Mais un homme est jugé d’après sa renommée.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le creuset est pour l'argent, et le fourneau pour l'or ; mais l'homme est éprouvé par les louanges qu'il reçoit.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Schmelztiegel für das Silber, und der Ofen für das Gold; und ein Mann nach Maßgabe seines Lobes.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein Mann wird durch den Mund des, der ihn lobt, bewährt wie Silber im Tiegel und das Gold im Ofen.

German Textbibel ☆

Der Tiegel ist für das Silber und der Schmelzofen für das Gold, und ein Mann wird beurteilt nach dem, was man von ihm rühmt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Der Tiegel ist für das Silber und der Ofen für das Gold; und der Mensch [wird geprüft] durch des Lobredners Mund.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

δοκίμιον ἀργυρῷ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις, ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν. 21α καρδία ἀνόμου ἐκζητεῖ κακά, καρδία δὲ εὐθὴς ἐκζητεῖ γνῶσιν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Δοκίμιον ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις, ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν. a καρδία ἀνόμου ἐκζητεῖ κακὰ, καρδία δὲ εὐθὴς ζητεῖ γνῶσιν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yo pase lò ak ajan nan dife pou wè si yo bon. Konsa tou, dapre jan yo nonmen non yon moun, yo ka di ki moun li ye.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He ipu hoohehee no ke kala, a he kapuahi no ke gula, Pela ke kanaka imua o kona mahaloia mai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ לְפִ֣י מַהֲלָלֹֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מצרף לכסף וכור לזהב ואיש לפי מהללו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

La coppella è per l'argento, e il fornello per l'oro ; Ma l'uomo è provato per la bocca che lo loda .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il crogiuolo è per l’argento, il forno fusorio per l’oro, e l’uomo è provato dalla bocca di chi lo loda.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

銀にはるつぼ、 金には炉がある。 人は受ける称賛によって試される。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

도가니로 은을, 풀무로 금을, 칭찬으로 사람을 시련하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

E uh pa likliki gold ac silver; ac elahn sie mwet kalem ke kaksak lun mwet uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

بوته برای نقره و کوره به جهت طلاست، همچنان انسان از دهان ستایش کنندگان خود(آزموده می‌شود).

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O crisol é para a prata, e o forno para o ouro; mas o homem é provado pelos louvores que recebe.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Como o crisol é para a prata, e o forno para o ouro, assim o homem é provado pelos louvores que lhe dizem.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Precum creuzetul pentru argint și cuptorul pentru aur, așa este un om, laudei sale.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Че есте тигая пентру лэмуриря арӂинтулуй ши купторул пентру лэмуриря аурулуй, ачея есте бунул нуме пентру ун ом.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Что плавильня - для серебра, горнило - для золота, то для человека уста, которые хвалят его. Сердце беззаконника ищет зла, сердце же правое ищет знания.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Srebro u topionici i zlato u peći a čovek u ustima onog koji ga hvali poznaje se.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сребро у топионици и злато у пећи а човек у устима оног који га хвали познаје се.

Mashi Bible ☆

Hali ecibeye c’amarhale hali n’eca amasholo: Omuntu yêne okwânîne ayirukire ayumva ebinwa by’okulimîrhiza.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.

Spanish BLL ☆

El crisol es para la plata y el horno para el oro, pero al hombre se le prueba por los halagos que recibe.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro, y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La olla de calefacción es para la plata y el horno de fuego para él oro, y un hombre se mide por lo que es alabado.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El crisol prueba la plata y la hornaza el oro, Y al hombre, la boca del que lo alaba.

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Revised West Version ☆

Hangē ko e kulo fakamaʻa ki he siliva mo e afi kakaha ki he koula; ʻoku pehē, ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻae tangata mei hono ongoongo.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Що огонь про срібло, про золото ж піч те про людину уста, що хвалять її.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Що огонь про срібло, про золото ж піч те про людину уста, що хвалять її.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lò thử bạc, dót thử vàng; Còn sự khen ngợi thử loài người.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ לְפִ֣י מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃