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


In Context

26 O my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

27 "I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

28 They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.

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

30 They are called rejected silver, because the Lord has 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 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 English Revised 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 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.