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Proverbs 25:4–5

4 cTake away the dross from silver,

And it will go to the silversmith for jewelry.

5 Take away the wicked from before the king,

And his throne will be established in drighteousness.

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Proverbs 25:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Remove the dross from the silver,

and a silversmith can produce a vessel;

remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established through righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Take away the dross from the silver,

and the smith has material for a vessel;

take away the wicked from the presence of the king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Take away the dross from the silver,

And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Take away the wicked from before the king,

And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Remove the impurities from silver,

and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.

Remove the wicked from the king’s court,

and his reign will be made secure by justice.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Remove the scum from the silver,

so the silver can be used by the silversmith.

Remove wicked people from the king’s presence;

then his government will be honest and last a long time.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Take away the dross from the silver,

And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

Take away the wicked from before the king,

And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner: take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Take the impurities out of silver, 

and a vessel is ready for the silversmith to mold. 

Take a wicked person away from the presence of a king, 

and justice will make his throne secure. 

Proverbs 25:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Remove impurities from silver,

and a vessel will be produced for a silversmith.

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Take away the dross from the silver,

and the smith has material for a vessel;

take away the wicked from the presence of the king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Remove the dross from silver,

and it will become a vessel for the smith.

Remove the wicked before a king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Remove the scum from the silver.

Then the master worker can make something.

Remove sinful people from where the king is.

When he does what is right, his kingdom will be secure.

Proverbs 25:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Take away the dross from the silver,

And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

Take away the wicked before the king,

And his throne will be established in righteousness.


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