1 Corinthians 12:2 - Tree of Life Version You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed by idols that cannot speak, and you got led astray. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You know that when you were heathen, you were led off after idols that could not speak [habitually] as impulse directed and whenever the occasion might arise. American Standard Version (1901) Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led. Common English Bible You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can’t even speak. Catholic Public Domain Version You know that when you were Gentiles, you approached mute idols, doing what you were led to do. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led. |
They have hands, but cannot feel; feet, but cannot walk, nor utter a sound with their throat.
They lift it upon a shoulder and carry it. They set in its place and there it stands. It does not budge from its place. Even if one cry to it, it cannot answer, nor save anyone from his trouble.”
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber garden, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk! Do not fear them for they can do no harm —nor do any good.”
Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
That is what some of you were—but you were washed, you were made holy, you were set right in the name of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah and by the Ruach of our God.
But at that time, when you did not know God, you served those who by nature are not gods at all.
For they themselves bring news about what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God,
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to carry out the desire of the pagans—living in indecency, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, wild parties, and lawless idolatries.