Proverbs 27:21

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

Asang Khongca Bible

Sumkanglung tui pacii hanah laom to oh, suitui pacii hanah kamngaeh hmai to oh; to baktih toengah kami doeh pakoehhaih hoiah tanoek thaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Cak hamla cak am, sui hamla hmai-ulh om dae, hlang tah a ka dongkah a hoemnah ming uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Cak hamla cak am, sui hamla hmai-ulh om dae, hlang tah a ka dongkah a hoemnah ming uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

He ipu hoohehee no ke kala, a he kapuahi no ke gula, Pela ke kanaka imua o kona mahaloia mai.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yo pase lò ak ajan nan dife pou wè si yo bon. Konsa tou, dapre jan yo nonmen non yon moun, yo ka di ki moun li ye.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.

Bible in Basic English

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Le creuset est pour l’argent, et le fourneau pour l’or, ainsi l’homme, pour la bouche qui le loue.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Teglík stříbra a pec zlata zkušuje, tak člověka pověst chvály jeho.

Kosraean Bible

E uh pa likliki gold ac silver; ac elahn sie mwet kalem ke kaksak lun mwet uh.

World Portuguese Bible

O crisol é para a prata, e o forno para o ouro; mas o homem é provado pelos louvores que recebe.

Romanian BTF Bible

Precum creuzetul pentru argint și cuptorul pentru aur, așa este un om, laudei sale.

Brenton English Septuagint

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ငွေစစ်စရာဘို့ မိုက်ရှိ၏။ ရွှေစစ်စရာဘို့ မီးဖို ရှိ၏။ လူကိုစစ်စရာဘို့ သူတပါးချီးမွမ်းခြင်းရှိ၏။

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Der Schmelztiegel für das Silber, und der Ofen für das Gold; und ein Mann nach Maßgabe seines Lobes.

Dutch Bible 1917

De smeltkroes is voor het zilver, en de oven voor het goud; alzo is een man naar zijn lof te proeven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Voor het zilver de smeltkroes, de oven voor het goud: De mens wordt beproefd naar zijn goede naam.

Italian Diodati Bible

La coppella è per l'argento, e il fornello per l'oro ; Ma l'uomo è provato per la bocca che lo loda .

Douay-Rheims 1899

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

Noyes Bible

The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

Danish Bible 1931

Digel til Sølv og Ovn til Guld, efter sit Ry bedømmes en Mand.

Leeser Tanakh

[As] the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according to his praise.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

King James Version

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

King James Version + Apocrypha

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

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lò thử bạc, dót thử vàng; Còn sự khen ngợi thử loài người.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

Hangē ko e kulo fakamaʻa ki he siliva mo e afi kakaha ki he koula; ʻoku pehē, ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻae tangata mei hono ongoongo.

French Ostervald Bible

L'argent est éprouvé par le fourneau, l'or par le creuset; et l'homme est jugé d'après sa renommée.

Esperanto Bible

Kiel fandujo por arĝento kaj forno por oro, Tiel estas por homo la buŝo de lia laŭdanto.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Le creuset est pour l’argent, et le fourneau pour l’or; Mais un homme est jugé d’après sa renommée.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein Mann wird durch den Mund des, der ihn lobt, bewährt wie Silber im Tiegel und das Gold im Ofen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

British English Septuagint 2012

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

Majority Standard BIble

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

Webster Bible

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

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il crogiuolo è per l’argento, il forno fusorio per l’oro, e l’uomo è provato dalla bocca di chi lo loda.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le creuset est pour l'argent, et le fourneau pour l'or ; mais l'homme est éprouvé par les louanges qu'il reçoit.

Reina Valera 1909

El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.

Spanish BLL

El crisol es para la plata y el horno para el oro, pero al hombre se le prueba por los halagos que recibe.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro, y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.

Croatian Bible

Taljika je za srebro i peć za zlato, a čovjek se poznaje po ustima koja ga hvale.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Srebro u topionici i zlato u peći a čovek u ustima onog koji ga hvali poznaje se.

German Textbibel

Der Tiegel ist für das Silber und der Schmelzofen für das Gold, und ein Mann wird beurteilt nach dem, was man von ihm rühmt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Fire is the trial for silver and gold; And a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. a The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; But an upright heart seeks knowledge.