Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:55 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and as useless as crows flying through the air. If a temple catches on fire, the priests will run to safety. But since the idols are merely wood covered with gold or silver, they will burn like logs. Tuilleadh leaganachaGood News Translation (US Version) When a temple catches on fire, the priests run away to save themselves, while the gods made of wood and covered with silver and gold are left to burn like wooden beams. Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For even when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves shall be burnt asunder like beams. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional they are like crows between heaven and earth. When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burned up like timbers. Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burnt in two like beams. |