Jeremiah 6:29 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of 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.

BBE:

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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.

Jeremiah 6:29 Cross References

XREF:

Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore, thus says the LORD, "If you return, then I will restore you-- Before Me you will stand; And if you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My spokesman. They for their part may turn to you, But as for you, you must not turn to them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:29 The {x} bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
(x) All the pain and labour that has been taken with them is lost.

WES:

6:29 The bellows - The prophet prosecutes his metaphor taken from refining of metals, intimating, that the prophets had spent their breath to no purpose, and their strength was consumed by their labour. The lead - The judgments which were heavy, as lead upon them, are all wasted, and do no good. In vain - Let the artist use his greatest skill and industry, yet is it all in vain.

MHC:

6:18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's judgments, though they see them only in the threatenings. They are the worst of revolters, and are all corrupters. Sinners soon become tempters. They are compared to ore supposed to have good metal in it, but which proves all dross. Nothing will prevail to part between them and their sins. Reprobate silver shall they be called, useless and worthless. When warnings, corrections, rebukes, and all means of grace, leave men unrenewed, they will be left, as rejected of God, to everlasting misery. Let us pray, then, that we may be refined by the Lord, as silver is refined.

CONC:

Bad Bellows Blow Blower Blowing Burn Burned Burnt Consumed Drawn Evil-doers Fiercely Fire Founder Goes Heating Lead Melted Melteth Metal Plucked Purged Purpose Refine Refined Refiner Refining Removed Separated Strongly Vain Wicked

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 Wicked

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