Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Their faces are blackened by the smoke that rises in the temple.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They are just like a beam of the temple, but their hearts, it is said, are eaten away when crawling creatures from the earth devour them and their robes. They do not notice
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They are just like a beam of the temple, but men say their hearts have melted, when worms from the earth devour them and their robes. They do not notice
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They are just like a beam of the temple, but their hearts, it is said, are eaten away when crawling creatures from the earth devour them and their robes. They do not notice
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Their faces become sooty from the smoke in the temple.