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Jeremiah 6:27

NETBible	The Lord said to me,¹ “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore.² You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”³
NIV © biblegateway Jer 6:27	"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 6:27	"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."
NLT © biblegateway Jer 6:27	"Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals, that you may determine the quality of my people.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 6:27	GOD gave me this task: "I have made you the examiner of my people, to examine and weigh their lives.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 6:27	I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 6:27	I have made you a tester and a refiner among my people so that you may know and test their ways.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 6:27	"I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people, That you may know and test their way.
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KJV	I have set <05414> (8804) thee [for] a tower <0969> [and] a fortress <04013> among my people <05971>_, that thou mayest know <03045> (8799) and try <0974> (8804) their way <01870>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 6:27	"I have made <05414> you an assayer <0969> and a tester <04013> among My people <05971> , That you may know <03045> and assay <0974> their way <01870> ."
LXXM	dokimasthn {N-ASM} dedwka <1325> V-RAI-1S se <4771> P-AS en <1722> PREP laoiv <2992> N-DPM dedokimasmenoiv <1381> V-RMPDP kai <2532> CONJ gnwsh <1097> V-FMI-2S me <1473> P-AS en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN dokimasai <1381> V-AAN me <1473> P-AS thn <3588> T-ASF odon <3598> N-ASF autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	The Lord said to me, “I have made <05414> you like a metal assayer <0969> to test <04013> my people <05971> like ore. You are to observe <03045> them and evaluate <0974> how they behave <01870> .”
HEBREW	Mkrd <01870> ta <0853> tnxbw <0974> edtw <03045> rubm <04013> ymeb <05971> Kyttn <05414> Nwxb (6:27) <0969>

NETBible

The Lord said to me,¹ “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore.² You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”³

NET Notes

¹tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity. Note “I have appointed you.” Compare Jer 1:18.

²tn Heb “I have made you an assayer of my people, a tester [?].” The meaning of the words translated “assayer” (בָּחוֹן, bakhon) and “tester” (מִבְצָר, mivtsar) is uncertain. The word בָּחוֹן (bakhon) can mean “tower” (cf. BDB 103 s.v. בָּחוֹן; cf. Isa 23:13 for the only other use) or “assayer” (cf. BDB 103 s.v. בָּחוֹן). The latter would be the more expected nuance because of the other uses of nouns and verbs from this root. The word מִבְצָר (mivtsar) normally means “fortress” (cf. BDB 131 s.v. מִבְצָר), but most modern commentaries and lexicons deem that nuance inappropriate here. HALOT follows a proposal that the word is to be repointed to מְבַצֵּר (mÿvatser) and derived from a root בָּצַר (batsar) meaning “to test” (cf. HALOT 143 s.v. IV בָּצַר). That proposal makes the most sense in the context, but the root appears nowhere else in the OT.

³tn Heb “test their way.”