Proverbs 25:4

Proverbs 25:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Remove the dross from the silver,

and a silversmith can produce a vessel;

4Take away the 25:4 Lit drossimpurities from the silver,

And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

4Take away the dross from the silver,

And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

4Take away the dross from the silver,

And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape]. [2 Tim 2:21]

4Remove the dross from the silver,

and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

4Remove the scum from the silver.

Then the master worker can make something out of it.