Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version They are bought without regard to cost, but there is no breath in them. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And having not the use of feet they are carried upon shoulders, declaring to men how vile they are. Be they confounded also that worship them. Baruch 6:23The gold also which they have, is for shew, but except a man wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten, did they feel it. Baruch 6:24 Men buy them at a high price, whereas there is no breath in them. Baruch 6:26 Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead. Baruch 6:27 The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor. Context Baruch 6…24Men buy them at a high price, whereas there is no breath in them. 25And having not the use of feet they are carried upon shoulders, declaring to men how vile they are. Be they confounded also that worship them. 26Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead.… Cross References Baruch 6:23 The gold also which they have, is for shew, but except a man wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten, did they feel it. Baruch 6:24 Men buy them at a high price, whereas there is no breath in them. Baruch 6:26 Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead. Baruch 6:27 The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor. |