Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 23:29
American Standard Version
Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Amplified® Bible
Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]?
Contemporary English Version
My words are a powerful fire; they are a hammer that shatters rocks.
Darby English Version
Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
Good News Bible
My message is like a fire and like a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces.
King James Version
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
New American Standard Bible
"Is not My word like fire? declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock?"
New International Version
"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
New King James Version
' Is not My word like a fire?' says the LORD,
' And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Does not My word resemble a fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock?
Revised Standard Version
Is not my word like fire, says the LORD, and like a hammer which 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.