Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
New American Standard Bible
They are
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.
Holman Bible
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
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.
Themes
Brass » Illustrative of » Obstinate sinners
national Sins » Denunciations against
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Titles and names of the wicked » Grievous revolters
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
27 "I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way." 28 All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt. 29 The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:4
"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 5:23
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away.
Psalm 50:20
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Isaiah 1:4-5
"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.
Isaiah 31:6
Turn back to him, yes to him whom your people have so greatly betrayed, you people of Israel.
Jeremiah 6:30
They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"
Jeremiah 20:10
Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."
Ezekiel 22:18-22
"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver.
Revelation 11:18
The nations were angry, but the time for your wrath has come. It is time for the dead to be judged to reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and all who fear your name, both unimportant and important, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
Revelation 19:2
His judgments are true and just. He has condemned the notorious prostitute who corrupted the world with her immorality. He has taken revenge on her for the blood of his servants."