Jeremiah 13:23

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

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21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

24 “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

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Jeremiah 13:23 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
KJV King James Version: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
WEB World English Bible: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
ASV American Standard Version: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
DBY Darby Translation: Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
WBS Webster Bible: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.