Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version People take gold and make crowns for the heads of their gods, as they might for a girl who loves ornaments. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Their gods have golden crowns upon their heads: whereof the priests secretly convey away from them gold, and silver, and bestow it on themselves. Baruch 6:7For their tongue that is polished by the craftsman, and themselves laid over with gold and silver, are false things, and they cannot speak. Baruch 6:8 And as if it were for a maiden that loveth to go gay: so do they take gold and make them up. Baruch 6:10 Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and they dress out harlots: and again when they receive it of the harlots, they adorn their gods. Baruch 6:11 And these gods cannot defend themselves from the rust, and the moth. Context Baruch 6…8And as if it were for a maiden that loveth to go gay: so do they take gold and make them up. 9Their gods have golden crowns upon their heads: whereof the priests secretly convey away from them gold, and silver, and bestow it on themselves. 10Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and they dress out harlots: and again when they receive it of the harlots, they adorn their gods.… Cross References Baruch 6:7 For their tongue that is polished by the craftsman, and themselves laid over with gold and silver, are false things, and they cannot speak. Baruch 6:8 And as if it were for a maiden that loveth to go gay: so do they take gold and make them up. Baruch 6:10 Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and they dress out harlots: and again when they receive it of the harlots, they adorn their gods. Baruch 6:11 And these gods cannot defend themselves from the rust, and the moth. |
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