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.
KJV
Hebrew original
כְּ/תֹ֨מֶר מִקְשָׁ֥ה הֵ֨מָּה֙ וְ/לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ נָשׂ֥וֹא יִנָּשׂ֖וּא כִּ֣י לֹ֣א יִצְעָ֑דוּ אַל תִּֽירְא֤וּ מֵ/הֶם֙ כִּי לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔עוּ וְ/גַם הֵיטֵ֖יב אֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽ/ם
Louis Segond 1910
Ces dieux sont comme une colonne massive, et ils ne parlent point; On les porte, parce qu'ils ne peuvent marcher. Ne les craignez pas, car ils ne sauraient faire aucun mal, Et ils sont incapables de faire du bien.
KJV
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.
Liber Enoch
Apocalypsis Enochi
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Origen
Fragmenta In Jeremiam (In Catenis)
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Martin of Leon
Sermons on Various Subjects
Sermon One: On the Dedication of the Church John the Apostle and Evangelist, chosen and beloved by Christ, was so favored in love that he reclined on His chest at the Last Supper. It was to him alone, standing by the cross, that Jesus entrusted His own Mother. In a wise plan, He…
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