They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

Ειναι ορθια ως φοινιξ, αλλα δεν λαλουσιν· εχουσι χρειαν να βασταζωνται, διοτι δεν δυνανται να περιπατησωσι. Μη φοβεισθε αυτα· διοτι δεν δυνανται να κακοποιησωσιν, ουδε ειναι δυνατον εις αυτα να αγαθοποιησωσι.

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.