Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
New American Standard Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make
King James Version
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Holman Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
International Standard Version
Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on?
A Conservative Version
Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Amplified
Can wood be taken from it to make any object? Or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
Bible in Basic English
Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?
Darby Translation
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall wood be taken from it to do for work? or will they take from it a peg to hang upon it any vessel?
King James 2000
Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can they take a tent peg from it to hang on it any object?
Modern King James verseion
Shall wood be taken from it to do work? Or will men take from it for a peg to hang any vessel on it?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Do men take wood of it, to make any work withal? Or may there a nail be made of it, to hang anything upon?
NET Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
New Heart English Bible
Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?
Webster
Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?
World English Bible
Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jerusalem A Useless Vine
2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:8
And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,
Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Mark 9:50
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
Luke 14:34-35
Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?