Jeremiah 6:27
King James Version (KJV)
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
In context
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 6:27 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
- WEB World English Bible
- “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.