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Jeremiah 6:29

Christian Standard Bible

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

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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.

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.

King James Version

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

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.

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 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 Living Translation

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

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.