KJV King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
WEB World English Bible
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
Surrounding context — Psalm 66
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
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Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.Psalm 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.1 Peter 1:6-7Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:Proverbs 17:3The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Deuteronomy 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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