10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver;

I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.

Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

10 I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure.

I have purified you by giving you troubles.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

10 I have refined you, 

but not like silver. 

I have tested you in the furnace of suffering. 

10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

10 See, I have refined you, but not like silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.

10 Look! I have refined you, but not like silver;

I have chosen you in the furnace of misery.

10 I have put you to the test in the furnace of suffering.

I have tried to make you pure.

But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.

10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.