Other translations
New Catholic Bible
As the work of a potter is tested in a furnace, so the test of a man is in his conversation.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his conversation.
Good News Translation®
The way you think shows your character just as surely as a kiln shows any flaws in the pottery being fired.
Wycliffe Bible
A furnace proveth the vessels of a potter; and the temptation of tribulation proveth just [or rightwise] men.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels, and the test of a person is in his conversation.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his conversation.
Common English Bible © 2011
A kiln tests a potter’s jars, and decision making tests a person.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; the test of a person is in conversation.
Revised Standard Version
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his conversation.