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.
Idols ben maad in þe licnesse of a palm tree, and schulen not speke; tho schulen be takun and be borun, for tho moun not go; þerfor nyle ye drede tho, for tho moun neþer do yuel, nethir wel.