Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.

New American Standard Bible

All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
Going about as a talebearer.
They are bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.

King James Version

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

International Standard Version

All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.

A Conservative Version

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders. They are brass and iron. They all of them deal corruptly.

American Standard Version

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Amplified


They are all the worst [kind] of [stiff-necked, godless] rebels,
Going around spreading slander.
They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron;
They are all corrupt.

Bible in Basic English

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

Darby Translation

They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

Julia Smith Translation

They are all turning aside, degenerate shoots, going about tale-bearing: brass and iron, they are destroyers all of them.

King James 2000

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of them [are] stubborn rebels, going about [talking] slander. [They are] bronze and iron, they [are] all behaving corruptly.

Modern King James verseion

They are all grievous revolters, walking in slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man.

NET Bible

I reported, "All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.

New Heart English Bible

"They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

The Emphasized Bible

They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander-walkers They are bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are!

Webster

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

World English Bible

They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Youngs Literal Translation

All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

with slanders
רכיל 
Rakiyl 
Usage: 6

נחשׁת 
N@chosheth 
Usage: 140

and iron
בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

References

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

27 I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people—
a refiner
so you may know and assay their way of life.
28 All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.



Cross References

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.

Jeremiah 5:23

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
They have turned aside and have gone away.

Psalm 50:20

You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.

Isaiah 1:4-5

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

Isaiah 31:6

Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.

Jeremiah 6:30

They are called rejected silver,
for the Lord has rejected them.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Ezekiel 22:18-22

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Revelation 11:18

The nations were angry,
but Your wrath has come.
The time has come
for the dead to be judged
and to give the reward
to Your servants the prophets,
to the saints, and to those who fear Your name,
both small and great,
and the time has come to destroy
those who destroy the earth.

Revelation 19:2

because His judgments are true and righteous,
because He has judged the notorious prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and He has avenged the blood of His slaves
that was on her hands.

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