Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?

New American Standard Bible

Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
be taken
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

or will men take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

a pin
יתד 
Yathed 
Usage: 24

of it to hang
תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

References

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Context Readings

Jerusalem A Useless Vine

2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods? 3 Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on? 4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:8

And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:

Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Luke 14:34-35

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

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