29"Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord , "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?


In Context

26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?

27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship.

28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the Lord .

29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord , "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

30 "Therefore," declares the Lord , "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.

31 Yes," declares the Lord , "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The Lord declares.'

Jeremiah 23:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:29[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:29Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:29Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:29Is not my word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29Is not my word like a fire? saith the LORD? and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:29Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer — it breaketh in pieces a rock.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:29Is not my word like as a fire? said the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?