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


In Context

20 Lift up your eyes and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?

21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you those you cultivated as your special allies? Will not pain grip you like that of a woman in labor?

22 And if you ask yourself, "Why has this happened to me?"- it is because of your many sins that your skirts have been torn off and your body mistreated.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good 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 decreed for you," declares the Lord , "because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods.

Jeremiah 13:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:23If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you may also do well, when you have learned evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:23Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.