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Proverbs 17:3

NETBible	The crucible¹ is for refining² silver and the furnace³ is for gold, likewise⁴ the Lord tests⁵ hearts.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:3	The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:3	The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:3	Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:3	As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are assayed by GOD.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:3	The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:3	The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:3	The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests the hearts.
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KJV	The fining pot <04715> [is] for silver <03701>_, and the furnace <03564> for gold <02091>_: but the LORD <03068> trieth <0974> (8802) the hearts <03826>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:3	The refining <04715> pot <04715> is for silver <03701> and the furnace <03564> for gold <02091> , But the LORD <03068> tests <0974> hearts <03820> .
LXXM	wsper <3746> ADV dokimazetai <1381> V-PMI-3S en <1722> PREP kaminw <2575> N-DSM argurov <696> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ crusov <5557> A-NSM outwv <3778> ADV eklektai <1588> A-NPF kardiai <2588> N-NPF para <3844> PREP kuriw <2962> N-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	The crucible <04715> is for refining silver <03701> and the furnace <03564> is for gold <02091> , likewise the Lord <03068> tests <0974> hearts <03826> .
HEBREW	hwhy <03068> twbl <03826> Nxbw <0974> bhzl <02091> rwkw <03564> Pokl <03701> Prum (17:3) <04715>

NETBible

The crucible¹ is for refining² silver and the furnace³ is for gold, likewise⁴ the Lord tests⁵ hearts.

NET Notes

¹sn The noun מַצְרֵף (matsref) means “a place or instrument for refining” (cf. ASV, NASB “the refining pot”). The related verb, which means “to melt, refine, smelt,” is used in scripture literally for refining and figuratively for the Lord’s purifying and cleansing and testing people.

²tn The term “refining” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

³sn The term כּוּר (cur) describes a “furnace” or “smelting pot.” It can be used figuratively for the beneficial side of affliction (Isa 48:10).

⁴tn Heb “and.” Most English versions treat this as an adversative (“but”).

⁵sn The participle בֹּחֵן (bokhen, “tests”) in this emblematic parallelism takes on the connotations of the crucible and the furnace. When the Lord “tests” human hearts, the test, whatever form it takes, is designed to improve the value of the one being tested. Evil and folly will be removed when such testing takes place.