Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, which guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark. Baruch 6:68Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not. Baruch 6:69 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold. Baruch 6:71 By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country. Baruch 6:72 Better, therefore, is the just man that hath no idols: for he shall be far from reproach. Context Baruch 6…69For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold. 70They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark. 71By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country.… Cross References Baruch 6:68 Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not. Baruch 6:69 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold. Baruch 6:71 By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country. Baruch 6:72 Better, therefore, is the just man that hath no idols: for he shall be far from reproach. |