King James Version with Apocrypha
"I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way."
— Jeremiah 6:27, King James Version with Apocrypha
“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”
“I have made thee a trier 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.”
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is 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 spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.