Jeremiah 6:29

KJ21

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

ASV

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.

AMP

The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain they continue refining, But the wicked are not separated and removed.

AMPC

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain do they continue refining, for the wicked [the dross] are not removed.

BRG

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

CSB

The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.

CEB

The bellows roar; the lead is consumed. Yet the refining fails; the impurities remain.

CJB

The bellows blast away; and though the lead is consumed by the fire, in vain has the smelter refined, for the wicked have not been separated.

CEV

Silver can be purified in a fiery furnace, but my people are too wicked to be made pure, and so I have rejected them.

DARBY

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.

DRA

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

ERV

They are like a worker who tried to make silver pure. The bellows blew strongly, and the fire became hotter, but only lead came from the fire. The worker wasted his time trying to make that silver pure. In the same way the evil was not removed from my people.

EASY

A very hot fire can remove the dirt from silver and make it pure. I punish my people to make them pure, but it is useless. There are too many wicked people, so I cannot make them pure.

EHV

The bellows blows hot to melt away the refining agent with fire. The refining agent is completely used up, but the evil is not removed.

ESV

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.

ESVUK

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.

EXB

The ·fire is fanned to make it hotter [bellows blow], but the lead ·does not melt [is consumed by the fire]. ·The pure metal does not come out [^LThe refining is in vain]; the evil is not removed from my people.

GNV

The bellows are burnt; the lead is consumed in the fire; the founder melteth in vain; for the wicked are not taken away.

The bellows of the blast furnace blow fiercely to make the fire melt away the lead. It is useless to go on refining because the impurities can’t be removed.

GNT

The furnace burns fiercely, but the waste metals do not melt and run off. It is useless to go on refining my people, because those who are evil are not taken away.

HCSB

The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.

ICB

The fire is fanned to make it hotter. But the lead does not melt. The pure silver does not come out. And the evil is not removed from my people.

ISV

The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren’t separated out.

JUB

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

KJV

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

AKJV

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

LSB

The bellows blow fiercely; The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the evil ones are not separated.

LEB

The bellows are burned up, lead is consumed by fire. In vain he keeps on refining, but the wicked are not torn apart.

TLB

The bellows blow fiercely; the refining fire grows hotter, but it can never cleanse them, for there is no pureness in them to bring out. Why continue the process longer? All is dross. No matter how hot the fire, they continue in their wicked ways.

MSG

God gave me this task: “I have made you the examiner of my people, to examine and weigh their lives. They’re a thickheaded, hard-nosed bunch, rotten to the core, the lot of them. Refining fires are cranked up to white heat, but the ore stays a lump, unchanged. It’s useless to keep trying any longer. Nothing can refine evil out of them. Men will give up and call them ‘slag,’ thrown on the slag heap by me, their God.”

MEV

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melts in vain, for the wicked are not plucked away.

NOG

The bellows of the blast furnace blow fiercely to make the fire melt away the lead. It is useless to go on refining because the impurities can’t be removed.

NABRE

The bellows are scorched, the lead is consumed by the fire; In vain has the refiner refined, the wicked are not drawn off.

NASB

The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.

NASB1995

The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.

NCB

The bellows roar and the lead is consumed by the fire. In vain does the smelter do his work, for the wicked are not purged out.

NCV

The fire is fanned to make it hotter, but the lead does not melt. The pure metal does not come out; the evil is not removed from my people.

NET

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.

NIRV

The fire is made very hot so the lead will burn away. But it is impossible to make these people pure. Those who are evil are not removed.

NIV

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

NIVUK

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

NKJV

The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; The smelter refines in vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.

NLV

Air is blown hard on the fire to burn up the lead. It is of no use because the sinful ones are not taken away.

NLT

The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.

NRSVA