Isaiah 48:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

New Living Translation
I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

English Standard Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

Berean Study Bible
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

NASB 1995
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

NASB 1977
“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Amplified Bible
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Contemporary English Version
I tested you in hard times just as silver is refined in a heated furnace.

Good News Translation
I have tested you in the fire of suffering, as silver is refined in a furnace. But I have found that you are worthless.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.

International Standard Version
Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.

NET Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

New King James Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

New Heart English Bible
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

World English Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

American King James Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

American Standard Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

A Faithful Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Darby Bible Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

English Revised Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Beholde I haue pourged the, and not for moneye. I haue chosen the in the fyre of pouerte,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, I have refined you, and not with silver, "" I have chosen you in a furnace of affliction.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

Smith's Literal Translation
Behold, I purified thee and not with silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Behold, I have purified you, and not with silver, and I have proven you in the furnace of poverty

Lamsa Bible
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, I have sold thee, but not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.
















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