Jeremiah 6:29 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English 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.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

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.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

{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.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

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

English GNT (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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English 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.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English 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.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

The bellows blow fiercely. The refining fire grows hotter. But it will never purify and cleanse them because there is no purity in them to refine.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Though the bellows blow fiercely, yet the smelter smelts to no avail. Fire melts and burns away the lead, but my refining fire fails to separate the dross of their wickedness.

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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.

English Tyndale 1537

The bellows are brent in the fire, the lead is consumed, the melter melteth in vain, for the evil is not taken away from them.