Baruch 3:17
New Revised Standard Version
those who made sport of the birds of the air, and who hoarded up silver and gold in which people trust, and there is no end to their getting;

Contemporary English Version
and raised birds, greedy people who did anything to get more of the silver and gold they believed would protect them,

New American Bible
made sport of the birds in the heavens, Who heaped up the silver, the gold in which people trust, whose possessions were unlimited,

Douay-Rheims Bible
That take their diversion with the birds of the air.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That take their diversion with the birds of the air.

Baruch 3:15
Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her treasures?

Baruch 3:16
Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth?

Baruch 3:18
That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable.

Baruch 3:19
They are cut off, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place.

Context
Baruch 3
16Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth? 17That take their diversion with the birds of the air. 18That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable.…
Cross References
Baruch 3:15
Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her treasures?

Baruch 3:16
Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth?

Baruch 3:18
That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable.

Baruch 3:19
They are cut off, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place.



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Baruch 3:16
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