Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version Besides, they can offer no resistance to king or enemy. Why then must anyone admit or think that they are gods? New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone, and laid over with gold, and with silver, able to deliver themselves from thieves or robbers: they that are stronger than them, Baruch 6:54For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams. Baruch 6:55 And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted, that they are gods? Baruch 6:57 Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and the raiment wherewith they are clothed, and shall go their way, neither shall they help themselves. Baruch 6:58 Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power: or else a profitable vessel in the house, with which the owner thereof will be well satisfied: or a door in the house, to keep things safe that are therein, than such false gods. Context Baruch 6…55And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted, that they are gods? 56Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone, and laid over with gold, and with silver, able to deliver themselves from thieves or robbers: they that are stronger than them, 57Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and the raiment wherewith they are clothed, and shall go their way, neither shall they help themselves.… Cross References Baruch 6:54 For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams. Baruch 6:55 And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted, that they are gods? Baruch 6:57 Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and the raiment wherewith they are clothed, and shall go their way, neither shall they help themselves. Baruch 6:58 Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power: or else a profitable vessel in the house, with which the owner thereof will be well satisfied: or a door in the house, to keep things safe that are therein, than such false gods. |