Jeremiah 6:27 in Other Translations
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I have made thee a trier `and' a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
World English Bible (WEB)
I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
| I have set | בָּח֛וֹן | bāḥôn | ba-HONE |
| tower a for thee | נְתַתִּ֥יךָ | nĕtattîkā | neh-ta-TEE-ha |
| and a fortress | בְעַמִּ֖י | bĕʿammî | veh-ah-MEE |
| people, my among | מִבְצָ֑ר | mibṣār | meev-TSAHR |
| that thou mayest know | וְתֵדַ֕ע | wĕtēdaʿ | veh-tay-DA |
| try and | וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ | ûbāḥantā | oo-va-hahn-TA |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| their way. | דַּרְכָּֽם׃ | darkām | dahr-KAHM |