Jeremiah 13:23

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

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WEBBE

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

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.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.

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הֲיַהֲפֹךְ ha·ya·ha·fokh ¿ will he change H2015 כּוּשִׁי ku·shi a Cushite H3569 עוֹרוֹ o·ro skin his H5785 וְנָמֵר ve·na·mer and a leopard H5246 חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָיו cha·var·bu·ro·tav spots its H2272 גַּם־ gam- also H1571 אַתֶּם 'a·tem you H859 תּוּכְלוּ tu·khe·lu you will be able H3201 לְהֵיטִיב le·hei·tiv to do good H3190 לִמֻּדֵי li·mu·dei O [those] trained H3928 הָרֵעַ ha·re·a' (of) to do evil H7489

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CharacterRegenerationDepravity Of ManEthiopiaLeopard

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.