Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version It will be manifest to all the nations and kings that they are not gods but the work of human hands, and that there is no work of God in them. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Baruch 6:49How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? Baruch 6:50 For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. Baruch 6:53 They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression: because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth. Context Baruch 6…50For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. 51Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? 52They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men.… Cross References Baruch 6:49 How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? Baruch 6:50 For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. Baruch 6:53 They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression: because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth. |
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