Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:70 - Good News Translation (US Version)

⁷⁰ 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.

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Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁷⁰ The Babylonian gods are pieces of wood covered with gold and silver, and they are as helpless as a scarecrow guarding a cucumber patch.

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷⁰ 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

⁷⁰ Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, which guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver.

Epistle of Jeremy 1_1:70 Tagairtí Cros