Proverbs 25:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;

New Living Translation
Remove the impurities from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.

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

Berean Study Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

New American Standard Bible
Take away the impurities from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

NASB 1995
Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

NASB 1977
Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

Amplified Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape].

Christian Standard Bible
Remove impurities from silver, and material will be produced for a silversmith.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Remove impurities from silver, and a vessel will be produced for a silversmith.

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

Good News Translation
Take the impurities out of silver and the artist can produce a thing of beauty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Take the impurities out of silver, and a vessel is ready for the silversmith to mold.

International Standard Version
Purge the dross from the silver, and material for a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.

NET Bible
Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

New King James Version
Take away the dross from silver, And it will go to the silversmith for jewelry.

King James 2000 Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

New Heart English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

World English Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

American King James Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

American Standard Version
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

A Faithful Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Darby Bible Translation
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

English Revised Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

Webster's Bible Translation
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(25:3) Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Take ye drosse from ye syluer, & there shalbe a cleane vessell therof.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Take away dross from silver, "" And a vessel goes forth for the refiner,

Young's Literal Translation
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

Smith's Literal Translation
Take ye away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the goldsmith.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
Take away the tarnish from silver, and a most pure vessel will go forth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Select dross from silver so that a pure item may come forth.

Lamsa Bible
Purge dross from silver that it may come forth a pure vessel.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.
















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