Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
a refiner
so you may know and assay their way of life.
New American Standard Bible
That you may know and assay their way.”
King James Version
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
International Standard Version
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."
A Conservative Version
I have made thee a prover [and] a fortress among my people, that thou may know and try their way.
American Standard Version
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
Amplified
“I [the Lord] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people,
That you may know and analyze their acts.”
Bible in Basic English
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
Darby Translation
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Julia Smith Translation
I gave thee a watch-tower among my people, a fortification, and thou shalt know and try their way.
King James 2000
I have set you for a tester and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification, so that you may know and put to the test their ways.
Modern King James verseion
I have set you up an assayer, an examiner among My people, that you may know and try their way.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.
NET Bible
The Lord said to me, "I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave."
New Heart English Bible
"I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way."
The Emphasized Bible
An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold-ore, - That thou mayest note and try their way:
Webster
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
World English Bible
"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
Youngs Literal Translation
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
Themes
Fortresses » Illustrative of » Protection afforded to ministers
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Yada`
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
a refiner
so you may know and assay their way of life.
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
Today, I am the One who has made you a fortified city,
Jeremiah 15:20
to this people.
They will fight against you
but will not overcome you,
for I am with you
to save you and deliver you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:
for what else can I do
because of My dear
Ezekiel 3:8-10
Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Ezekiel 20:4
“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.
Ezekiel 22:2
“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.