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Jeremiah 6:29

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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נָחַ֣רnacharburnחָרַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “burn”, a completed actionH2787to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)be angry, burn, dry, kindle.מַפֻּ֔חַmapuchabellowsמַפֻּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bellows”, the ordinary formH4647the bellows (i.e. blower) of aforgebellows.מאשתםmshtmfrom fireאֶשָּׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from fire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH800firefire.מֵאֵ֖שׁmeeshfrom fireאֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.תַּ֣םtamaccomplishתָּמַםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “accomplish”, a completed actionH8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveaccomplish, 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.עֹפָ֑רֶתofaretleadעוֹפֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “lead”, the ordinary formH5777lead (from its dusty color)lead.לַשָּׁוְא֙lashaveto falseשָׁוְאpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to false”, the ordinary formH7723evil (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.צָרַ֣ףtsarafcastצָרַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cast”, a completed actionH6884to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.צָר֔וֹףtsarofcastצָרַףverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “cast”, the verb used for emphasisH6884to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.וְרָעִ֖יםveraimand badרַעconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad 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…לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נִתָּֽקוּnitaqvbreakנָתַקverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “break”, a completed actionH5423to tear offbreak (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

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.

Darby Translation

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

Douay-Rheims

The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέλιπε φυσητὴρ ἀπὸ πυρὸς, ἐξέλιπε μόλιβος· εἰς κενὸν ἀργυροκόπος ἀργυροκοπεῖ, πονηρία αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐτάκη.