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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:5 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
upright--or, "They are of turned work, resembling a palm tree" [MAURER]. The point of comparison between the idol and the palm is in the pillar-like uprightness of the latter, it having no branches except at the top.
speak not-- (Psa 115:5).
cannot go--that is, walk (Psa 115:7; Isa 46:1, Isa 46:7).
neither . . . do good-- (Isa 41:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| They are upright ... - Rather, "They are like a palm tree of turned work, i. e." like one of those stiff inelegant pillars, something like a palm tree, which may be seen in oriental architecture. Some translate thus: "They are like pillar's in a garden of cucumbers, i. e." like the blocks set up to frighten away the birds; but none of the ancient versions support this rendering. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They are upright as the palm tree - As straight and as stiff as the trees out of which they are hewn. |
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: