Isaiah 48:10

NETBible

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you 1  in the furnace of misery.

NIV ©

See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

NASB ©

"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

NLT ©

I have refined you but not in the way silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

MSG ©

Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction.

BBE ©

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

NRSV ©

See, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.

NKJV ©

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

KJV
Behold, I have refined
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thee, but not with silver
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I have chosen
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thee in the furnace
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of affliction
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{with...: or, for silver}
NASB ©
"Behold
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, I have refined
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you, but not as silver
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; I have tested
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you in the furnace
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of affliction
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.
LXXM
idou
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INJ
pepraka
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V-RAI-1S
se
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P-AS
ouc
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ADV
eneken {PREP} arguriou
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N-GSN
exeilamhn
<1807> 
V-AMI-1S
de
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PRT
se
<4771> 
P-AS
ek
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PREP
kaminou
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N-GSM
ptwceiav
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N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
Look
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, I have refined
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you, but not
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as silver
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; I have purified
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you in the furnace
<03564>
of misery
<06040>
.
HEBREW
yne
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rwkb
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Kytrxb
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Pokb
<03701>
alw
<03808>
Kytpru
<06884>
hnh (48:10)
<02009>
NETBible

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you 1  in the furnace of misery.

NET Notes

1 tc The Hebrew text has בְּחַרְתִּיךָ (bÿkhartikha, “I have chosen you”), but the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa reads correctly בחנתיכה (“I have tested you”). The metallurgical background of the imagery suggests that purification through testing is the idea.