Jeremiah 6:30

Good News Translation

They will be called worthless dross, because I, the Lord , have rejected them."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are called rejected silver,for the Lord has rejected them.

Hebrew Names Version
Refuse silver shall men them, because the LORD has rejected them.

King James Version
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.

English Standard Version
Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them."

New American Standard Bible
They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.

New Century Version
My people will be called rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them."

Amplified Bible
They call them rejected silver [only dross, without value], Because the LORD has rejected them.

World English Bible
Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.

Legacy Standard Bible
They call them rejected silverBecause Yahweh has rejected them.

Berean Standard Bible
They are called rejected silver, for the LORD has rejected them.

Contemporary English Version
but my people are too wicked to be made pure, and so I have rejected them.

Complete Jewish Bible
They are called ‘rejected silver,' because Adonai has rejected them."

Darby Translation
Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.

Easy-to-Read Version
My people will be called ‘Rejected Silver.' They will be given that name because the Lord did not accept them."

George Lamsa Translation
Rejected silver, they are called, because the LORD has rejected them.

Lexham English Bible
They are called rejected silver, For Yahweh has rejected them."

Literal Translation
Men will call them refuse silver, for Jehovah has rejected them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal they be called naughty syluer, because the LORDE hath cast them out.

American Standard Version
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

Bible in Basic English
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

King James Version (1611)
Reprobate siluer shall men call them, because the Lord hath reiected them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer, because the Lorde hath cast them out.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Call ye them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them.

English Revised Version
Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Clepe ye hem repreuable siluer, for the Lord hath cast hem awei.

Update Bible Version
Men shall call them refuse silver, because Yahweh has rejected them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

New English Translation
They are regarded as ‘rejected silver' because the Lord rejects them."

New King James Version
People will call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them."

New Living Translation
I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,' for I, the Lord , am discarding them."

New Life Bible
They are called waste silver, because the Lord has turned away from them.

New Revised Standard
They are called "rejected silver," for the Lord has rejected them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.

Revised Standard Version
Refuse silver they are called, for the LORD has rejected them."

Young's Literal Translation
`Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ So the Lord said, "Listen, you nations, and learn what is going to happen to my people. ¹⁹ Listen, earth! As punishment for all their schemes I am bringing ruin on these people, because they have rejected my teaching and have not obeyed my words. ²⁰ What do I care about the incense they bring me from Sheba, or the spices from a distant land? I will not accept their offerings or be pleased with their sacrifices. ²¹ And so I will make these people stumble and fall. Parents and children will die, and so will friends and neighbors." ²² The Lord says, "People are coming from a country in the north; a mighty nation far away is preparing for war. ²³ They have taken up their bows and swords; they are cruel and merciless. They sound like the roaring sea, as they ride their horses. They are ready for battle against Jerusalem." ²⁴ "We have heard the news," say the people of Jerusalem, "and our hands hang limp; we are seized by anguish and pain like a woman in labor. ²⁵ We don't dare go to the countryside or walk on the roads, because our enemies are armed and terror is all around us." ²⁶ The Lord says to his people, "Put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter tears as you would for an only child, because the one who comes to destroy you will suddenly attack. ²⁷ Jeremiah, test my people, as you would test metal, and find out what they are like.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reprobate silver: or, Refuse silver, Psalms 119:119, Proverbs 25:4, Isaiah 1:22, Isaiah 1:25, Ezekiel 22:18, Ezekiel 22:19, Matthew 5:13

the Lord: Jeremiah 14:19, Lamentations 5:22, Hosea 9:17, Romans 11:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:1 - seeing 2 Kings 17:20 - rejected Psalms 53:5 - because Isaiah 5:4 - General Jeremiah 2:30 - In vain Jeremiah 6:28 - they are brass Jeremiah 7:28 - nor Jeremiah 7:29 - for Jeremiah 9:7 - I will Jeremiah 13:23 - Ethiopian Daniel 5:27 - Thou Amos 6:12 - horses Romans 1:28 - a reprobate mind 1 Corinthians 9:27 - a castaway 2 Corinthians 13:5 - reprobates Titus 1:16 - unto Hebrews 12:17 - he was Revelation 16:9 - blasphemed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Reprobate silver shall men call them,.... Or, "call ye them" i, as the Targum; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; by whom are meant the Jews, who thought themselves of some account, as silver; being the seed of Abraham, and having the law, the covenant and promises, and service of God; when those that tried them, as the prophets, found them to be nothing but dross; and therefore, if they must be called silver, they could call them no other than reprobate silver; or what is of no account and value; and which is confirmed by the following reason, which contains the judgment and conduct of him that cannot err:

for the Lord hath rejected them; from being his people; and therefore cast them out of their own land, and caused them to go into captivity.

i קראו להם καλεσετε αυτους, "vocate eos": V. L. Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Reprobate - See the margin; not really silver, but the dross.

The Lord hath rejected them - This then is the end. The smelter is God’s prophet: the bellows the breath of inspiration: the flux his earnestness in preaching. But in vain does the fervour of prophecy essay to melt the hearts of the people. They are so utterly corrupt, that no particle even of pure metal can be found in them. All the refiner’s art is in vain. They have rejected all God’s gifts and motives for their repentance, and therefore Yahweh has rejected them as an alloy too utterly adulterate to repay the refiner’s toil.