KJV:
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
NASB:
"But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.
KJV:
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
NASB:
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),
KJV:
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
NASB:
For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
KJV:
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
NASB:
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.
KJV:
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
NASB:
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
KJV:
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
NASB:
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
KJV:
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
NASB:
which I commanded your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God,'
KJV:
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
NASB:
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
KJV:
As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
NASB:
As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.
KJV:
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
NASB:
'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.'"