Jeremiah 6:29
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Refining fires are cranked up to white heat,
but the ore stays a lump, unchanged.
It’s useless to keep trying any longer.
Nothing can refine evil out of them.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish 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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
The bellows blow fiercely
to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining goes on in vain;
the wicked are not purged out.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
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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NLTNew Living Translation
The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The bellows are burned up,
lead is consumed by fire.
In vain he keeps on refining,
but the wicked are not torn apart.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King 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.
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