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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV JER 6:27 verse available
OET-LV An_assayer made_you in/on/at/with_people_my fortification and_know and_test DOM ways_their.
UHB בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃ ‡
(bāḩōn nətattiykā ⱱəˊammiy miⱱʦār vətēdaˊ ūⱱāḩanttā ʼet-ddarⱪām.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT ⇔ “I have given you as a tester to my people, an appraiser,
⇔ so you can know and test their way.
UST Then Yahweh said to me,
⇔ “Jeremiah, I have caused you to become like someone who heats metal very hot to completely burn the impurities.
⇔ You will examine my people’s behavior.
BSB ⇔ “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore,[fn]
⇔ so you may know and try their ways.
6:27 Or to examine My people, a fortress
OEB I have set thee to test My people,
⇔ To discover and test their way.
WEB “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
NET 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.”
LSV “I have given you a watchtower,
A fortress among My people,
And you know, and have tried their way.
FBV Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals so you can test my people as if they were metal, so you can know what they're made of and how they act.
T4T ¶ Then Yahweh said to me,
⇔ “Jeremiah, I have caused you to become like [MET] someone who heats metal very hot to completely burn the impurities.
⇔ You will examine my people’s behavior.
LEB • so that you may know and put to the test their ways.[fn]
?:? Hebrew “way”
BBE I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
MOF No MOF JER book available
JPS I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
ASV I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
DRA I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.
YLT A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
DBY I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
RV I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
WBS I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
KJB I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
(I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou/you mayest/may know and try their way. )
BB Thee haue I set for a strong towre O thou prophete and a well fensed wall among my people, to seeke out and to trye their wayes.
(Thee have I set for a strong towre O thou/you prophet and a well fensed wall among my people, to seek out and to trye their ways.)
GNV I haue set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.
(I have set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou/you mayest/may know and trie their waies. )
CB The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people, to seke out and to trye their wayes.
(The have I set for a prouer of my harde people, to seek out and to trye their ways.)
WYC I yaf thee a strong preuere in my puple, and thou schalt knowe, and preue the weie of hem.
(I gave thee a strong preuere in my people, and thou/you shalt know, and preue the way of them.)
LUT Ich habe dich zum Schmelzer gesetzt unter mein Volk, das so hart ist, daß du ihr Wesen erfahren und prüfen sollst.
(I have you/yourself for_the Schmelzer gesetzt under my people, the so hart is, that you her Wesen erfahren and prüfen sollst.)
CLV Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum: et scies, et probabis viam eorum.[fn]
(Probatorem dedi you(sg) in populo mine robustum: and scies, and probabis viam eorum.)
6.27 Et probabis.ID. Quasi dicat: Ut cum probaveris et scieris viam, etc., usque ad qui sicut aspides surdæ obturant aures suas, ne audiant vocem incantantium. Omnes isti. GREG., Moral., l. 18, c. 14. Principes sunt a Domino recedentes et inobedientes, etc., usque ad qui ab Ecclesiæ unitate discordat, proximum non amat.4 Caput 7
6.27 And probabis.ID. Quasi dicat: Ut when/with probaveris and scieris viam, etc., usque to who like aspides surdæ obturant aures suas, ne audiant vocem incantantium. Omnes isti. GREG., Moral., l. 18, c. 14. Principes are a Domino recedentes and inobedientes, etc., usque to who away Ecclesiæ unitate discordat, proximum not/no amat.4 Caput 7
BRN I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.
BrLXX Δοκιμαστὴν δέδωκά σε ἐν λαοῖς δεδοκιμασμένοις, καὶ γνώσῃ με ἐν τῷ δοκιμάσαι με τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν,
(Dokimastaʸn dedōka se en laois dedokimasmenois, kai gnōsaʸ me en tōi dokimasai me taʸn hodon autōn, )
6:27 Jeremiah’s prophetic task was at odds with the empathy that he felt for his people. Like a metalworker, he was to direct the fire of criticism on the people to determine their quality in the light of God’s standards.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Yahweh is speaking to Jeremiah. God speaks of the people of Israel being very sinful as if they were silver that was full of impurities. God speaks of punishing Israel to make them stop sinning as if he were boiling silver and lead in a hot fire in order to remove the impurities from the silver.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) one who tests my people like one would test metal
(Some words not found in UHB: assayer made,you in/on/at/with,people,my refiner and,know and,test DOM ways,their )
Yahweh compares Jeremiah testing his people to a person who tests metal to see how good it is.
(Occurrence 0) their ways
(Some words not found in UHB: assayer made,you in/on/at/with,people,my refiner and,know and,test DOM ways,their )
Alternate translation: “their behavior” or “how they live”