Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:14 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁴ One of them holds a scepter, like a district judge, but is unable to destroy anyone who offends it.

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Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁴ Like human judges they hold scepters in their hands, but they have no power to punish anyone who wrongs them.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁴ These idols hold a scepter in their hands, just like human judges, yet these idols have no power to punish any criminal.

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth against him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were judge of a country.

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