Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:71 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) In the same way, their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver, and like a thorn bush in a garden, on which every bird sits; or like a dead body cast out in the darkness. More versionsGood News Translation (US Version) They do as much good as a thorn bush in a garden; instead of keeping birds away, they provide a perch for them. These gods are like a dead body thrown out into the darkness. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition They are like a thornbush that birds use as a place to perch or like a dead body thrown out into the darkness. Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Likewise also their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast forth into the dark. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional In the same way, their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver, are like a thornbush in a garden on which every bird perches; or like a corpse thrown out in the darkness. |