Jeremiah 10:5 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
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.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
They [are] stiff as a palm, and they do not speak, || They are surely carried, for they do not step, || Do not be afraid of them, for they do no evil, || Indeed, to do good is also not in them.”
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Darby Darby Translation
They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field, because they, too, can say nothing, and they have to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they cannot bring about evil, nor are they able to do anything good.'”
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Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, 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.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk,
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver
YLT Young's Literal Translation
As a palm they [are] 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.
FBV Free Bible Version
Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried around because they can't walk. You don't have to be afraid of them because they can't hurt you—and they can't do you any good either.
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
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.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Como palma lo igualan, y no hablan; son llevados, porque no pueden andar. No tengáis temor de ellos; porque ni pueden hacer mal, ni para hacer bien tienen poder.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
y allí permanece el dios de ellos como espantapájaros en un huerto. No sabe hablar, y hay que transportarlo pues no puede andar. No teman a un dios así, pues no puede ni perjudicar ni ayudar.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Son como un espantapájaros en un huerto de pepinos: no hablan. Son llevados porque no pueden andar. No tengan temor a ellos, porque ni pueden hacer mal. Ni para hacer bien tienen poder.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Al igual que un espantapájaros en un campo de pepinos, sus ídolos no pueden hablar. Hay que llevarlos en brazos porque no pueden caminar. No hay que tenerles miedo porque no pueden hacerte daño y tampoco pueden hacerte ningún bien.
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Es como un poste en un jardín y no puede hablar. Tienen que cargarlo, porque no puede caminar. No le tengan miedo: no puede hacer ni mal ni bien».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Θήσουσιν αὐτὰ, καὶ οὐ κινηθήσονται· ἀργύριον τορευτόν ἐστιν, οὐ πορεύσονται,
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
כְּתֹ֨מֶר מִקְשָׁ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ נָשׂ֥וֹא יִנָּשׂ֖וּא כִּ֣י לֹ֣א יִצְעָ֑דוּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔עוּ וְגַם־הֵיטֵ֖יב אֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽם׃ ס
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
in similitudinem palmæ fabricata sunt, et non loquentur: portata tollentur, quia incedere non valent. Nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere, nec bene.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
сребро̀ и҆зва́ѧно є҆́сть, не глаго́лютъ, носи́ми но́сѧтсѧ, поне́же ходи́ти не возмо́гꙋтъ: не ᲂу҆бо́йтесѧ и҆́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не сотворѧ́тъ ѕла̀, и҆ бла́га нѣ́сть въ ни́хъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Они - как обточенный столп, и не говорят; их носят, потому что ходить не могут. Не бойтесь их, ибо они не могут причинить зла, но и добра делать не в силах.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Είναι όρθια ως φοίνιξ, αλλά δεν λαλούσιν· έχουσι χρείαν να βαστάζωνται, διότι δεν δύνανται να περιπατήσωσι. Μη φοβείσθε αυτά· διότι δεν δύνανται να κακοποιήσωσιν, ουδέ είναι δυνατόν εις αυτά να αγαθοποιήσωσι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Стоје право као палме, не говоре; треба их носити, јер не могу ићи; не бој их се, јер не могу зла учинити, а не могу ни добра учинити.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Stoje pravo kao palme, ne govore; treba ih nositi, jer ne mogu ići; ne boj ih se, jer ne mogu zla učiniti, a ne mogu ni dobra učiniti.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هِيَ كَٱللَّعِينِ فِي مَقْثَأَةٍ فَلَا تَتَكَلَّمُ! تُحْمَلُ حَمْلًا لِأَنَّهَا لَا تَمْشِي! لَا تَخَافُوهَا لِأَنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّ، وَلَا فِيهَا أَنْ تَصْنَعَ خَيْرًا».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT