New Revised Standard Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

Contemporary English Version
Silver must be purified before it can be used to make something of value.

New American Bible
Remove the dross from silver, and it comes forth perfectly purified;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Isaiah 1:25-27 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin. . . .

Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

2 Timothy 2:20,21 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some indeed unto honour, but some unto dishonour. . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.