Jeremías 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Context
This verse from Jeremías Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. Una polémicacontra la idolatría: las costumbres de los pueblos son falsas — cortan árboles, los adornan con oro y plata y los clavan para que no se tambaleen. Pero el Señor es el Dios verdadero y vivo.
Otras traducciones
They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
As a palm they <FI>are<Fi> stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.
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