Jeremiah 13:23
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
23 Can Ethiopians[a] change their skin
or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good
who are accustomed to do evil.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:23 Or Nubians; Heb Cushites
Jeremiah 13:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah 13:23
Contemporary English Version
23 Can you ever change
and do what's right?
Can people change the color
of their skin,
or can a leopard
remove its spots?
If so, then maybe you can change
and learn to do right.
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