Psalms 12:6
ContextNET © | The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. 1 They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. 2 |
NIV © | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. |
NASB © | The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. |
NLT © | The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. |
MSG © | God's words are pure words, Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln, Pure on earth as well as in heaven. |
BBE © | The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times. |
NRSV © | The promises of the LORD are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. |
NKJV © | The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. |
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NET © | The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. 1 They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the words of the 2 tn Heb “[like] silver purified in a furnace of [i.e., “on”] the ground, refined seven times.” The singular participle מְזֻקָּק (mÿzuqqaq, “refined”) modifies “silver.” The number seven is used rhetorically to express the thorough nature of the action. For other rhetorical/figurative uses of שִׁבְעָתָיִם (shiv’atayim, “seven times”), see Gen 4:15, 24; Ps 79:12; Prov 6:31; Isa 30:26. |