Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

King James Version

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Holman Bible

“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?

International Standard Version

"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest?

A Conservative Version

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

American Standard Version

Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Amplified

“Son of man, how is the wood of the grapevine (Israel) better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?

Darby Translation

Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?

Julia Smith Translation

Son of man, what is the tree of the vine above every tree, the vine-shoot which was upon the trees of the forest.

King James 2000

Son of man, How is the wood of the vine tree better than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Son of man, how will the wood of the vine be {better than} {any of the wood of} the branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Modern King James verseion

Son of man, how is the vine tree more than any other tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thou son of man: What cometh of the vine among all other trees? And of the vine stock among all other timber of the grove?

NET Bible

"Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?

New Heart English Bible

"Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

The Emphasized Bible

Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, - any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest?

Webster

Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

World English Bible

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Youngs Literal Translation

'Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

What is the vine
גּפן 
Gephen 
Usage: 55

or than a branch
זמר זמרה זמורה 
Z@mowrah 
Usage: 5

which is among the trees
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Jerusalem A Useless Vine

1 And the word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?

Cross References

Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Hosea 10:1

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.

Psalm 80:8-16

You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?

Deuteronomy 32:32-33

For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter;

Song of Songs 2:13

The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

Song of Songs 2:15

Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."

Song of Songs 6:11

I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.

Song of Songs 7:12

let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

Song of Songs 8:11-12

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.

Micah 3:12

Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!

Matthew 21:33-41

"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

Mark 12:1-9

And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

Luke 20:9-16

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

John 15:1-6

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

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