Other translations
New Catholic Bible
They cannot offer any resistance to a king or enemy forces.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
they are like crows between heaven and earth. When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burned up like timbers.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burnt in two like beams.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
they are like crows between heaven and earth. When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burned up like timbers.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They cannot resist a king or enemy forces.