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Proverbs 27:21
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A crucible refines silver, a smelter refines gold,and a person refines his praise.
The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold [to separate the impurities of the metal], And each is tested by the praise given to him [and his response to it, whether humble or proud].
The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,And each is tested by the mouth that praises him.
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.
The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold, but a person [is tested] by [his reaction to] praise.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
People use fire to purify gold and silver. In the same way, you are tested by the praise people give you.
As the refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man tested by the mouth of those who praise him. The heart of the wicked desires evil, and the heart of the pious desires knowledge.
Fire tests gold and silver; a person's reputation can also be tested.
A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.
The refining pot tries silver, and the furnace tries gold, but a man is tried by the mouth of his praise.
Syluer is tryed in the moulde, & golde in the fornace, & so is a man, whan he is openly praysed to his face.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.
As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.
If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.
[As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man is valued by what others say of him.
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.
The melting-pot is for silver and the fire for gold, and a man is tested by the praise he receives.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, is to be tried by what he praiseth.
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.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the fining: Proverbs 17:3, Psalms 12:6, Psalms 66:10, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:3, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:12
so: 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 18:15, 1 Samuel 18:16, 1 Samuel 18:30, 2 Samuel 14:25, 2 Samuel 15:6-12
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:33 - blessed 2 Samuel 14:17 - as an angel Job 28:1 - where they fine it
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,.... For the trying, proving, and purifying these metals; see Proverbs 17:3;
so [is] a man to his praise; or "according to the mouth of his praise" p; if his own mouth praises him, as in Proverbs 27:2;, he is known to be what he is, a foolish and vainglorious person: or "so a man is proved by the mouth of him that praises him", as the Vulgate Latin version; or "of them that praise him", as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; and so the Targum: the meaning is, either a man is known by the persons that praise him, according to what their characters are; if he is praised by good and virtuous men, he may be thought to be so himself; and if by wicked men, he may be concluded to be so likewise; see Proverbs 28:4; or he is known by the effect that praise has upon him; if it swells him with pride, and makes him haughty, conceited, and overbearing, he will appear to be a weak and foolish man; but if he continues modest and humble, and studious and diligent to answer his character, thankful to God for what he has, and to whom he gives all the glory, he will approve himself a wise and good man.
p לפי מהללו "ad os laudis suae", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
So is ... - Better, So let a man be to his praise, let him purify it from all the alloy of flattery and baseness with which it is too probably mixed up.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:21. As the fining pot for silver — As silver and gold are tried by the art of the refiner, so is a man's heart by the praise he receives. If he feel it not, he deserves it; if he be puffed up by it, he is worthless.
