Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:28 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods and use the money themselves. Likewise their wives preserve some of the meat with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless. Tuilleadh leaganachaGood News Translation (US Version) Priests sell what is sacrificed to their gods and use the money on themselves. And the wives of the priests preserve the sacrifices with salt for later use, instead of sharing them with the poor and helpless. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition The priests sell the sacrifices that have been offered to these idols and spend the money on themselves. And their wives use salt to preserve any leftover meat from the sacrifices, then save it for their own use, instead of giving it to the poor. Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell and spend; and in like manner their wives also lay up part thereof in salt; but unto the poor and to the impotent will they give nothing thereof. Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods and use the money; and likewise their wives preserve some with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless. |