Other translations
New Catholic Bible
As the furnace tests the tempering of steel, so wine tests the hearts in the disputes of the insolent.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel.
Good News Translation®
An arrogant person's character shows through when he is in a drunken argument, in the same way that iron is tested when it is heated red-hot and then dipped in water.
Wycliffe Bible
Fire proveth hard iron; so wine drunken in drunkenness shall reprove the hearts of proud men.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel.
Common English Bible © 2011
A furnace tests the hardening of steel when it’s dipped, so wine tests the heart when the arrogant quarrel.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so does wine the hearts of the insolent.
Revised Standard Version
Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so wine tests hearts when the insolent quarrel.