Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version How then can one fail to see that these are not gods, for they cannot save themselves from war or calamity? New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? Baruch 6:47But they have left false things and reproach to them that come after. Baruch 6:48 For when war cometh upon them , or evils: the priests consult with themselves, where they may hide themselves with them. Baruch 6:50 For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. Baruch 6:51 Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Context Baruch 6…48For when war cometh upon them , or evils: the priests consult with themselves, where they may hide themselves with them. 49How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? 50For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them.… Cross References Baruch 6:47 But they have left false things and reproach to them that come after. Baruch 6:48 For when war cometh upon them , or evils: the priests consult with themselves, where they may hide themselves with them. Baruch 6:50 For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. Baruch 6:51 Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? |
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