29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.


In Context

26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

27 I have made thee a tower and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

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

29 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.

30 Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

Jeremiah 6:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:29The 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:29The 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:29The 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.