King James Version

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

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כֻּלָּם֙kulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).סָרֵ֣יsareturnסוּרverb, qal, participle, construct — “turn”, a verb used as a describing wordH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…סֽוֹרְרִ֔יםsorerimbackslidingסָרַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “backsliding”, a verb used as a describing wordH5637to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory[idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.הֹלְכֵ֥יholekhewalkהָלַךְverb, qal, participle, construct — “walk”, a verb used as a describing wordH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…רָכִ֖ילrakhilslanderרָכִילnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “slander”, the ordinary formH7400a scandal-monger (as travelling about)slander, carry tales, talebearer.נְחֹ֣שֶׁתnechoshetcopperנְחֹשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.וּבַרְזֶ֑לuvarzeland ironבַּרְזֶלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.כֻּלָּ֥םkulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מַשְׁחִיתִ֖יםmashchitimbatterשָׁחַתverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “batter”, a verb used as a describing wordH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).הֵֽמָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Young’s Literal Translation

All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

World English Bible

They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.

Darby Translation

They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

Douay-Rheims

All of these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πάντες ἀνήκοοι πορεύομενοι σκολιῶς· χαλκὸς καὶ σίδηρος, πάντες διεφθαρμένοι εἰσίν.