King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Complete Jewish Bible:
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.
Berean Standard Bible:
The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
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.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The bellows{H4647} are burned{H2787}, the lead{H5777} is consumed{H8552} of the fire{H800}{H784}; the founder{H6884} melteth{H6884} in vain{H7723}: for the wicked{H7451} are not plucked away{H5423}.
Cross-References (KJV):
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.
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?
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.
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.
1 Peter 4:12
- ¶ Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Malachi 3:2
- But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Malachi 3:3
- And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
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Commentary for Jeremiah 6:29
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H4647
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַפֻּחַ
Transliteration: mappuach
Pronunciation: map-poo'-akh
Description: from נָפַח; the bellows (i.e. blower) of aforge; bellows. - Strong's Number: H2787
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָרַר
Transliteration: chârar
Pronunciation: khaw-rar'
Description: a primitive root; to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion); be angry, burn, dry, kindle. - Strong's Number: H5777
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עוֹפֶרֶת
Transliteration: ʻôwphereth
Pronunciation: o-feh'-reth
Description: or עֹפֶרֶת; feminine participle active of עָפַר; lead (from its dusty color); lead. - Strong's Number: H8552
There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּמַם
Transliteration: tâmam
Pronunciation: taw-mam'
Description: a primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive; accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole. - Strong's Number: H800
There are 143 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֶשָּׁה
Transliteration: ʼeshshâh
Pronunciation: esh-shaw'
Description: feminine of אֵשׁ; fire; fire. - Strong's Number: H784
There are 549 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֵשׁ
Transliteration: ʼêsh
Pronunciation: aysh
Description: a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot. - Strong's Number: H6884
There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צָרַף
Transliteration: tsâraph
Pronunciation: tsaw-raf'
Description: a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively); cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try. - Strong's Number: H7723
There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁוְא
Transliteration: shâvᵉʼ
Pronunciation: shawv
Description: or שַׁו; from the same as שׁוֹא in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain); false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity. - Strong's Number: H7451
There are 623 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רַע
Transliteration: raʻ
Pronunciation: rah
Description: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). - Strong's Number: H5423
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָתַק
Transliteration: nâthaq
Pronunciation: naw-thak'
Description: a primitive root; to tear off; break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.