Other translations
New Catholic Bible
He put them to the proof like gold in a furnace, and he accepted them as a sacrificial burnt offering.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
Good News Translation®
Their sufferings were minor compared with the blessings they will receive. God has tested them, like gold in a furnace, and found them worthy to be with him. He has accepted them, just as he accepts the sacrifices which his worshipers burn on the altar.
Wycliffe Bible
He proved them as gold in a furnace, and he took them as the offering of (a) burnt sacrifice; [As gold in furnace he proved them, and as burnt sacrifice of host he allowed them;]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt-offering he accepted them.
Common English Bible © 2011
He tested them like gold in the furnace; he accepted them like an entirely burned offering.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.
Revised Standard Version
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt-offering he accepted them.