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

ASV
29. 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.

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

ERVEN
29. {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.

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

WEB
29. 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.

NET
29. 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.

NLV
29. Air is blown hard on the fire to burn up the lead. It is of no use because the sinful ones are not taken away.

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

LITV
29. The bellows blow, the lead is consumed from the fire, the refiner refines in vain; for the evil is not separated.

RV
29. 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.

NCV
29. The fire is fanned to make it hotter, but the lead does not melt. The pure metal does not come out; the evil is not removed from my people.

MKJV
29. The bellows are burned, the lead is melted by the fire; the refiner melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

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

LXXEN
29. The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness [Gr. has not been melted away] is not consumed.



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

AMP
29. 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.

KJVP
29. The bellows H4647 are burned H2787 , the lead H5777 is consumed H8552 of the fire H784 ; the founder H6884 melteth H6884 in vain H7723 : for the wicked H7451 are not H3808 NADV plucked away H5423 .

YLT
29. 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.

ASV
29. 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.

WEB
29. 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.

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

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

RV
29. 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.

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

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

MKJV
29. The bellows are burned, the lead is melted by the fire; the refiner melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

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

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

NIV
29. The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

NIRV
29. 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.

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

MSG
29. 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.

GNB
29. 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.

NET
29. 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.

ERVEN
29. {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.