Jeremiah 10:5 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁵ An idol is no better than a scarecrow. It can't speak, and it has to be carried, because it can't walk. Why worship an idol that can't help or harm you?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ [Their idols] are like pillars of turned work [as upright and stationary and immobile as a palm tree], like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it possible for them to do good [and it is not in them].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁵ They are no different than a scarecrow in a cucumber patch: they can’t speak; they must be carried because they can’t walk. Don’t be afraid of them, because they can’t do harm or good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good."

Jeremiah 10:5 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Isaiah 46:7

They carry the idol on their shoulders, then put it on a stand, but it cannot move. They call out to the idol when they are in trouble, but it doesn't answer, and it cannot help.

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God.

Habakkuk 2:19

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”

Isaiah 46:1

The gods Bel and Nebo are down on their knees, as wooden images of them are carried away on weary animals.

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

1 Kings 18:26

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

Jeremiah 10:14

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.

2 Chronicles 25:15

This made the Lord very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask Amaziah, “Why would you worship these foreign gods that couldn't even save their own people from your attack?”

Isaiah 16:12

It's useless for Moab's people to wear themselves out by going to their altars to worship and pray.