The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.(A)

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And the words of the Lord are flawless,(A)
    like silver purified(B) in a crucible,(C)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,(A)
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.(B)

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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22 As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my wrath on you.”(A)

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22 As silver is melted(A) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(B) on you.’”(C)

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