Jeremiah 10:5
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
They 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.
They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- speak
- Psalm 115:5–8; Psalm 135:16–18; Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Revelation 13:14, 15
- be borne
- Isaiah 46:1, 7
- do evil
- Isaiah 41:23, 24; Isaiah 44:9, 10; Isaiah 45:20; 1 Corinthians 8:4