propterea si ceciderint in terram a semet ipsis non surgent neque si quis eum statuerit rectum per semet ipsum stabit sed sicut mortuis munera eorum illis adponentur

inasmuch as if one of them should fall to the ground, it cannot get up by itself. If anyone sets an idol upright, it cannot move by its own devices, and if it is tipped, it cannot straighten itself on its own. A gift offered to such idols might as well be offered to the dead.

Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humankind their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame

Having no feet, they are carried on men’s shoulders, revealing to mankind their worthlessness.

Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humankind their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame

because, if they fall to the ground, the worshipers must pick them up. They neither move of themselves if one sets them upright, nor come upright if they are tipped over; offerings are set out for them as for the dead.