Proverbs 27:21
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
American King James Version (AKJV)
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
Webster's Revision
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
World English Bible
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
Definitions for Proverbs 27:21
Clarke's Proverbs 27:21 Bible Commentary
As the fining pot for silver - As silver and gold are tried by the art of the refiner, so is a man's heart by the praise he receives. If he feel it not, he deserves it; if he be puffed up by it, he is worthless.
Barnes's Proverbs 27:21 Bible Commentary
So is ... - Better, So let a man be to his praise, let him purify it from all the alloy of flattery and baseness with which it is too probably mixed up.
Wesley's Proverbs 27:21 Bible Commentary
27:21 To his praise - Or, according to his praise.So a man is tried by praise.