Ezekiel 15:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Even when it was whole, it could not be made into anything useful. How much less can it be used after the fire has consumed it and it is charred!

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold, when it was whole,{H8549} it was meet{H6213} for no work:{H4399} how much less, when the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398} it, and it is burned,{H2787} shall it yet be meet{H6213} for any work!{H4399}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold, when it was whole{H8549}, it was meet{H6213}{(H8735)} for no work{H4399}: how much less shall it be meet{H6213}{(H8738)} yet for any work{H4399}, when the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} it, and it is burned{H2787}{(H8735)}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Seinge then, that it was mete for no worke, beinge whole: moch lesse maye there eny thinge be made of it, when the fyre hath consumed and brent it.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole, muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 3:16 : 16 And when you have multiplied and increased in the land in those days,' declares the LORD, 'people will no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It will not come to mind or be remembered, nor will it be missed or made again.

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