Jeremiah 13:23 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

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

English Amplified

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you do good who are accustomed and taught [even trained] to do evil.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you do good who are accustomed and taught [even trained] to do evil.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

You have done evil things for a long time. So you cannot now start to do good things. Can anyone change the colour of his skin? Can a leopard remove the marks on its body? No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

A black man cannot change the color of his skin, and a leopard cannot change his spots. In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good. You always do bad things.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Can people change the color of their skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you're taught to do wrong?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.

English KJV 1611

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

Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Can the Cushite change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Can the Ethiopian change his skin? the leopard his spots? As easily would you be able to do good, accustomed to evil as you are.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Can people from Ethiopia change their skin? Can leopards change their spots? It's the same with you. You have always done what is evil. So how can you do what is good?

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

English NKJ 1982

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard take away its spots? Neither can you start doing good, for you always do evil.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Can Ethiopians change their skin or leopards their spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Can the Ethiopian change the color of his skin, or the leopard remove his spots? Of course not. And neither can you change from being schooled to do evil to doing good.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Can the Ethiopian change the color of his skin? or a leopard take away his spots? Nor can you who are so used to doing evil now start being good.

English Tyndale 1537

For like as the man of Inde may change his skin, and the cat of the mountains her spots: so may ye that be exercised in evil, do good.