Helaman 12:4
1830 Edition
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world;
Changes
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world;!
Simple English
People are so foolish and empty and evil and bad! They are quick to do wrong. They are slow to do good. They are quick to listen to the devil. They are quick to care about worthless things in the world.
Paraphrase
How foolish, how empty, how evil and devilish people are. Quick to do wrong, slow to do good. Quick to listen to the devil’s lies and chase after worthless things.