Jeremiah 10:5
King James Version
Translation: KJV
3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.Select Jeremiah 10:3
4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.Select Jeremiah 10:4
5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.Select Jeremiah 10:5
6Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.Select Jeremiah 10:6
7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.Select Jeremiah 10:7
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WEB
10:5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak: they must be carried, because they can’t go. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
ASV
10:5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
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