Jeremiah 10:5
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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.Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
In other translations
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.Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Hebrew words
כְּתֹמֶרketomer[are] like a scarecrow ofH8560מִקְשָׁהmikshaha cucumber fieldH4750הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יְדַבֵּרוּyedaberuthey speakH1696נָשׂוֹאnaso'certainly <to carry>H5375יִנָּשׂוּאyinasu'they are carriedH5375כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808יִצְעָדוּyitz'aduthey walkH6805אַל־'al-may notH408תִּירְאוּtire'uyou be afraidH3372מֵהֶםmehemfrom <the> themכִּי־ki-forH3588לֹאlo'notH3808יָרֵעוּyare'uthey do harmH7489וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571הֵיטֵיבheiteiv[is] doing goodH3190אֵין'einthere notH369אוֹתָם׃ ס'otamwith themH854
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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