10 See, I have refined(A) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(B) you in the furnace(C) of affliction.

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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

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10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
(A)But the Lord tests the hearts.

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10 For you, God, tested(A) us;
    you refined us like silver.(B)

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10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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10 For (A)You, O God, have tested us;
(B)You have refined us as silver is refined.

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Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:

“See, I will refine(A) and test(B) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?

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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?

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Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Behold, (A)I will refine them and [a]try them;
(B)For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:7 test

10 But he knows the way that I take;(A)
    when he has tested me,(B) I will come forth as gold.(C)

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10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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10 But (A)He knows the way that I take;
When (B)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

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20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(A) out of Egypt,(B) to be the people of his inheritance,(C) as you now are.

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20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

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20 But the Lord has taken you and (A)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (B)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:19 discipline
  2. Revelation 3:19 eager

Suffering for Being a Christian

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

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Suffering for God’s Glory

12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;

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These have come so that the proven genuineness(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(D)

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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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