Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the
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
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:29
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Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
28
They are all rebellious princes; they walk with deception: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the
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Cross References
Proverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
Isaiah 49:4
But I said, I have laboured in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is before the LORD and my recompense with my God.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Behold, I will melt them and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Ezekiel 24:13
In thy perverse filthiness thou shalt die because I have cleansed thee, and thou didst not cleanse thyself from thy uncleanness; thou shalt never cleanse thyself again, until I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Hosea 11:7
Meanwhile, my people adhere to the rebellion against me though they call unto me upon High; absolutely none at all wish to exalt me.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
Malachi 3:2-3
But who may abide the time of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he shall be like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:
1 Peter 1:7
that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,