Psalms 66:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים צְ֝רַפְתָּ֗נוּ כִּצְרָף־כָּֽסֶף׃

Transliteration

For-bəḥantānû ʾĕlōhîm ṣəraptānû as ṣərāp-kāsep

Grammar Details

*bəḥantānû*: verb qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - you tested us
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God (despite plural form, treated as singular)
*ṣəraptānû*: verb qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - you refined us
*ṣərāp*: verb qal infinitive construct - refining of
*kāsep*: noun masculine singular - silver

Word Meanings

*bəḥantānû*: you tested us/examined us/tried us
*ṣəraptānû*: you refined us/purified us/tried us
*ṣərāp*: refining/purifying/smelting
*kāsep*: silver/money

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Deut 13:3 : 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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