Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I will also turn My hand against you,
And will smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.

King James Version

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Holman Bible

I will turn My hand against you
and will burn away your dross completely;
I will remove all your impurities.

International Standard Version

When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy.

A Conservative Version

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin.

American Standard Version

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

Amplified


“And I will turn My hand against you,
And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye
And remove all your tin (impurity).

Bible in Basic English

And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;

Darby Translation

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;

Julia Smith Translation

And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:

King James 2000

And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your alloy:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.

Modern King James verseion

And I will turn back My hand on you, and purge away your dross as with lye, and take away all your alloy.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,

NET Bible

I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

New Heart English Bible

and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

The Emphasized Bible

That I may turn my hand against thee, And smelt away, as with potash, thy dross, And remove all thine alloy;

Webster

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

World English Bible

and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will turn
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

my hand
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

בּר 
Bor 
Usage: 1

צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

סוּג סיגo 
Ciyg 
Usage: 8

and take away
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

References

Context Readings

Purification Of Jerusalem

24 Therefore the Lord God of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries
And avenge Myself on My foes.
25 “I will also turn My hand against you,
And will smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.
26 “Then I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”

Cross References

Malachi 3:3

He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross,
Your drink diluted with water.

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning,

Isaiah 6:11-13

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,
“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

Jeremiah 6:29

The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Behold, I will refine them and assay them;
For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

Ezekiel 20:38

and I will purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.

Ezekiel 22:22

As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My wrath on you.’”

Zephaniah 3:11

“In that day you will feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have rebelled against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.

Zechariah 13:7-9

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the man, My Associate,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.
Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

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