Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Scorched are the bellows, By fire, is lead wont to be, consumed, - In vain, hath he gone on refining, For the wicked, have not been drawn out:

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Holman Bible

The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.

International Standard Version

The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.

A Conservative Version

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire. In vain do they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.

American Standard Version

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Amplified


The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain they continue refining,
But the wicked are not separated and removed.

Bible in Basic English

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

Darby Translation

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

Julia Smith Translation

The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.

King James 2000

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the smelter refines in vain: for the wicked are not removed.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] bellows are burned up, lead is consumed by fire. {In vain} {he keeps on refining}, but [the] wicked are not torn apart.

Modern King James verseion

The bellows are burned, the lead is melted by the fire; the refiner melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The bellows are burnt in the fire, the lead is consumed, the melter melteth in vain, for the evil is not taken away from them.

NET Bible

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

New Heart English Bible

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Webster

The bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

World English Bible

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Youngs Literal Translation

The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The bellows
מפּח 
Mappuach 
Usage: 1

חרר 
Charar 
Usage: 10

the lead
עפרת עופרת 
`owphereth 
Usage: 9

תּמם 
Tamam 
Usage: 63

of the fire
אשּׁה 
'eshshah 
Usage: 0

the founder
צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

in vain
שׁו שׁואo 
Shav' 
Usage: 53

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

28 They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander-walkers They are bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are! 29 Scorched are the bellows, By fire, is lead wont to be, consumed, - In vain, hath he gone on refining, For the wicked, have not been drawn out: 30 Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.



Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.

Isaiah 49:4

But I, said, To no purpose, have I toiled, For waste and mist - my vigour, have I spent, - Surely, my vindication, is, with, Yahweh, And, my recompence, with my God.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! melting them, so will I try them, - For how else should I do because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 24:13

In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; be- cause I purified thee and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee.

Hosea 11:7

But, my people, are bent towards turning from me, though upwards they call them, none of them can lift them.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

Malachi 3:2-3

But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' alkali;

1 Peter 1:7

In order that the proving of your faith - much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved - may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ, -

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you;

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