Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:41 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) for when they see a dumb man, who cannot speak, they bring him and pray Bel that the man may speak, as though Bel were able to understand. More versionsGood News Translation (US Version) When someone cannot speak, they take him to the temple and ask Bel to give him the power of speech, as if Bel could understand anything. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition But when the Babylonians realize these gods have no sense, they just leave them. Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Who if they shall see one dumb that cannot speak, they bring him, and intreat him to call upon Bel, as though he were able to understand. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Yet they themselves cannot perceive this and abandon them, for they have no sense. |