Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:70 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition The Babylonian gods are pieces of wood covered with gold and silver, and they are as helpless as a scarecrow guarding a cucumber patch. Tuilleadh leaganachaGood News Translation (US Version) These gods of theirs, made of wood and covered with silver and gold, are about as helpful as a scarecrow in a cucumber patch; they are no protection at all. Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, which guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver. Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, that guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver. |