Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
KJV
Si mutare potest Æthiops pellem suam, aut pardus varietates suas, et vos poteritis benefacere, cum didiceritis malum.
Vulgate
εἰ ἀλλάξεται Αἰθίοψ τὸ δέρμα αὐτοῦ καὶ πάρδαλις τὰ ποικίλματα αὐτῆς; καὶ ὑμεῖς δυνήσεσθε εὖ ποιῆσαι μεμαθηκότες τὰ κακά.
LXX
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
ASV
הֲ/יַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔/וֹ וְ/נָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑י/ו גַּם אַתֶּם֙ תּוּכְל֣וּ לְ/הֵיטִ֔יב לִמֻּדֵ֖י הָרֵֽעַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
ו
v
pronoun · 1×
י
y
adjective · 6×
יִיטַ֥ב
yytb
verb · 111×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כּוּשִׁ֗י
kvshy
noun · 23×
נָמֵ֖ר
nmr
noun · 6×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Deceit is a thing easily detected, and weak, though it be daubed outside with ten thousand colors. For as those who whitewash decayed walls, cannot by the plastering make them sound, so too those who lie are easily found out, as in fact was the case here with the Jews. For when Christ said to them, If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me; We have heard, says one of the…
32. But perhaps being refuted as touching the term Unoriginate also, they will say according to their evil nature, 'It behooved, as regards our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ also, to state from the Scriptures what is there written of Him, and not to introduce non-scriptural expressions.' Yes, it behooved, say I too; for the tokens of truth are more exact as drawn from Scripture…
Moral necessity is perfectly consistent with man's natural ability and accountability. Natural ability is the power to do a thing if one wills to do it. Moral inability consists in the want of inclination, or the prevalence of a contrary inclination. A drunkard has natural ability to be sober, but his moral inability lies in the strength of his inclination to drink. So with the…
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- Amos 9:7 — Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Ki
- Jer 2:22 — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Jer 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jer 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t
- Jer 9:5 — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Jer 38:7 — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
- Mark 10:25 — It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- Matt 19:24 — And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- Matt 19:24 — And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.