Jeremiah 6:28
World English Bible (WEB)
They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
In context
26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
27 “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Men will call them rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Jeremiah 6:28 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
- KJV King James Version
- They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
- ASV American Standard Version
- They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.
- DBY Darby Translation
- They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.