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Vulgate (Latin)   
si in pertusura cribri remanebit stercus sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius

King James Variants

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.