New International Version (NIV)
23Can an Ethiopian change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.
Jeremiah 13:23
Jeremiah 13:23 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
23“Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you as well can do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
23“Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to evil and even trained to do it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots?
Neither are you able to do good —
you who are accustomed to doing evil.
American Standard Version (ASV)
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
23Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do euill.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots?
Then may you also do good,
who are accustomed to do evil.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
23Can people from Ethiopia change their skin?
Can leopards change their spots?
It’s the same with you.
You have always done what is evil.
So how can you do what is good?
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
23You have done evil things for a long time.
So you cannot now start to do good things.
Can anyone change the colour of his skin?
Can a leopard remove the marks on its body?
No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
23“Does a Cushite change his skin? And a leopard his spots? Can you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil?