Proverbs Chapter 25 verse 4 Holy Bible
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
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Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.
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Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
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Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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Take away the dross from the silver, And material comes out for the refiner;
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Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 4, 5. - A tetrastich in an emblematical form. Verse 4. - Take away the dross from the silver. Silver was most extensively used by the Hebrews (see 'Dictionary of the Bible,' sub voc.), whether obtained from native mines or imported from foreign countries, and the process of separating the ore from the extraneous matters mixed with it was well known (Psalm 12:6; Ezekiel 22:20, etc.; see on Proverbs 17:3). And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer (tsaraph); the goldsmith. The pure silver is ready for the artist s work, who from this material can make a beautiful vessel. Septuagint, "Beat untested silver, and all shall be made entirely pure," where the allusion is to the process of reducing minerals by lamination.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.--Or, So there results a vessel to the refiner, or silversmith. He is able to make one.
