Jeremiah 23:29

Lying Prophets

28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

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Berean Standard Bible
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
American Standard Version (1901)
Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Bible in Basic English
Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Free Bible Version
Doesn't my word burn like fire? asks the Lord. Isn't it like a hammer smashing a rock?
Geneva Bible 1599
Is not my word euen like a fire, sayeth the Lord? and like an hammer, that breaketh the stone?
King James (Authorized) Version
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Translation for Translators
It is as though my messages burn like a fire; they strike people’s inner beings like someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Is not my word like fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer that shatters a rock into pieces?
Noah Webster Bible
Is not my word like a fire? saith the LORD? and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
World English Bible
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Young's Literal Translation
Is it not thus? My word [is] as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer — it breaketh in pieces a rock.