Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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:

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 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. 30 They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.



Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.

Isaiah 49:4

"I said: "I've labored for nothing. I've exhausted my strength on futility and on emptiness.' Yet surely my recompense is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do?

Ezekiel 24:13

There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.'

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn away from me; though they call to the Most High, no one is worshiping.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"

Malachi 3:2-3

But who will survive the day when he comes? Or who can stand when he appears? Because he's like a refiner's fire and a launderer's soap,

1 Peter 1:7

so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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