Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. New Living Translation The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains. English Standard Version The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Berean Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. King James Bible The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. New King James Version The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; The smelter refines in vain, For the wicked are not drawn off. New American Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. NASB 1995 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. NASB 1977 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. Legacy Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely; The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the evil ones are not separated. Amplified Bible The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain they continue refining, But the wicked are not separated and removed. Christian Standard Bible The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out. Holman Christian Standard Bible The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The bellows and the lead fail from their fire, and in vain the Refiner refines and their evil is not consumed Brenton Septuagint Translation The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed. Douay-Rheims Bible The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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. Good News Translation 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. 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed of the fire; In vain doth the founder refine, For the wicked are not separated. Literal Standard Version The bellows have been burned, | The lead has been consumed by fire, | A refiner has refined in vain, | And the wicked have not been drawn away. Majority Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. New American Bible The bellows are scorched, the lead is consumed by the fire; In vain has the refiner refined, the wicked are not drawn off. 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 Revised Standard Version The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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 in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away. Young's 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Invasion from the North…28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. 30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”… Cross References Judges 17:4 So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah. Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them. Treasury of Scripture The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. the founder. Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. in vain. Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Hosea 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. Jump to Previous Bad Blow Blowing Burn Burned Burnt Consumed Drawn Fiercely Fire Founder Goes Heating Lead Melted Melteth Metal Plucked Purged Purpose Refine Refining Removed Separated Strongly Vain WickedJump to Next Bad Blow Blowing Burn Burned Burnt Consumed Drawn Fiercely Fire Founder Goes Heating Lead Melted Melteth Metal Plucked Purged Purpose Refine Refining Removed Separated Strongly Vain WickedJeremiah 6 1. The enemies sent against Judah,4. encourage themselves. 6. God sets them on work because of their sins. 9. The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins. 18. He proclaims God's wrath. 26. He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins. (29) The bellows are burned.--Better, burn, or glow. In the interpretation of the parable the "bellows" answer to the life of the prophet as filled with the breath or spirit of Jehovah. He is, as it were, consumed with that fiery blast, and yet his work is faulty. The lead is consumed . . .--Better, from their fire is lead only. A different punctuation gives, The bellows burn with fire; yet lead is the only outcome. The point lies in the fact that lead was used as a flux in smelting silver ore. The founder in the case supposed went on with his work till the lead was melted, but he found no silver after all. Plucked away.--Better, separated or purified, as in keeping with the metaphor. Verse 29. - The bellows are burned. The objection to this rendering is that the burning of the bellows would involve the interruption of the process of assaying. We might, indeed, translate "are scorched" (on the authority of Ezekiel 15:4), and attach the word rendered "of the fire" to the first clause; the half-verse would then run: "The bellows are scorched through the fire; the lead is consumed," i.e. the bellows are even scorched through the heat of the furnace, and the lead has become entirely oxydized. But this requires us to alter the verb from the masculine to the feminine form of third sing. perf. (reading tammah). It is better, therefore, to give the verb (which will be Kal, if the nun be radical) the sense of "snorting," which it has in Aramaic and in Arabic, and which the corresponding noun has in Hebrew (Jeremiah 8:16; Job 39:20; Job 41:12). The masculine form of the verb rendered "is consumed" is still a difficulty; but we have a better right to suppose that the first letter of tittom was dropped, owing to its identity with the second letter, than to append (as the first view would require us) an entirely different letter at the end. This being done, the whole passage becomes clear: "The bellows puff, (that) the lead may be consumed of the fire." In any case, the general meaning is obvious. The assayer has spared no trouble, all the rules of his art have been obeyed, but no silver appears as the result of the process. Lead is mentioned, because, before quicksilver was known, it was employed as a flux in the operation of smelting, Plucked away; rather, separated, like the dross from the silver.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The bellowsמַפֻּ֔חַ (map·pu·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4647: The bellows, of a, forge blow fiercely, נָחַ֣ר (nā·ḥar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn blasting away תַּ֣ם (tam) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 800: A fire the lead [with fire]. עֹפָ֑רֶת (‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5777: Lead (a metal) The refining [proceeds] צָרַ֣ף (ṣā·rap̄) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test in vain, לַשָּׁוְא֙ (laš·šāw) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness for the wicked וְרָעִ֖ים (wə·rā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7451: Bad, evil are not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no purged. נִתָּֽקוּ׃ (nit·tā·qū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off Links Jeremiah 6:29 NIVJeremiah 6:29 NLT Jeremiah 6:29 ESV Jeremiah 6:29 NASB Jeremiah 6:29 KJV Jeremiah 6:29 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 6:29 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 6:29 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 6:29 French Bible Jeremiah 6:29 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows blow fiercely (Jer.) |
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