Proverbios 27
Bible in Basic English
21The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
Reina-Valera 1909
21El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
King James Version
21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
World English Bible
21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.