American Standard Version
"I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way. "
— Jeremiah 6:27, American Standard Version
“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”
“"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.”
“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.””
“I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.”
“I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.”
“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.