PRO 27:21 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The smelting-pot is for the silver and the furnace is for the gold,
⇔ so is a man for the mouth of one who praises him.

UST People use crucibles and furnaces to test and refine silver and gold.
⇔ In the same way, people test what kind of person someone is by saying good things about that person.

BSB ⇔ A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold,
⇔ but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

OEB As the smelter for silver, the furnace for gold,
⇔ so repute is the test of a man.

WEBBE The crucible is for silver,
⇔ and the furnace for gold;
⇔ but man is refined by his praise.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold,
⇔ so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

LSV A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold,
And a man according to his praise.

FBV Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.

T4T ⇔ Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure,
⇔ and [SIM] people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us.

LEB • is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.

BBE The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

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JPS The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

ASV The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
⇔ And a man is tried by his praise.

DRA As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

YLT A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

Drby The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

RV The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

Wbstr As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

KJB-1769 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

KJB-1611 [fn]As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

27:21 Chap.17.3

Bshps As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.
(As is the fining pot for the silver, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tried by the mouth of him that prayseth him.)

Gnva As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
(As is the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is every man according to his dignitie. )

Cvdl Syluer is tryed in the moulde, & golde in the fornace, & so is a man, whan he is openly praysed to his face.
(Syluer is tried in the moulde, and gold in the furnace, and so is a man, when he is openly praised to his face.)

Wyc As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.
(As silver is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is proved in a furneys; so a man is proved by the mouth of preyseris. The heart of a wicked man seeketh/seeks out evils; but a riytful heart seeketh/seeks out cunning.)

Luth Ein Mann wird durch den Mund des Lobers bewähret wie das Silber im Tiegel und das Gold im Ofen.
(Ein man becomes through the Mund the Lobers bewähret like the Silber in_the Tiegel and the Gold in_the Ofen.)

ClVg Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.
(Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum and in fornace aurum, so probatur human ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, heart however rectum inquirit scientiam. )

BrTr Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him.

BrLXX Δοκίμιον ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις, ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν.
(Dokimion arguriōi kai ⱪrusōi purōsis, anaʸr de dokimazetai dia stomatos egkōmiazontōn auton. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭⁠כֶּסֶף וְ⁠כ֣וּר לַ⁠זָּהָ֑ב

crucible for_the,silver and,furnace for_the,gold

See how you translated the identical clause in 17:3.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ֝⁠אִ֗ישׁ

and,man

Here, so indicates that Solomon is comparing what follows to what he said in the previous clause. In the same way that the smelting-pot reveals the impurities in silver and the furnace reveals the impurities in gold, the character of a man is revealed by how he responds to the mouth of one who praises him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the same way, a man of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ֝⁠אִ֗ישׁ לְ⁠פִ֣י מַהֲלָלֽ⁠וֹ

and,man by,mouth praise,his

Here, a man and one who praises him refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “so is any person for the mouth of any person who praises that person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠פִ֣י מַהֲלָלֽ⁠וֹ

by,mouth praise,his

Solomon implies that a man is tested by the mouth of one who praises him, just as silver and gold are tested by someone melting them in a smelting-pot or furnace. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “tested by the mouth of one who praises”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠פִ֣י

by,mouth

Here, mouth refers to what the person says who praises him. See how you translated the same use of mouth in 10:6.

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