Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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?
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, 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? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can they take a tent peg from it to hang on it any object? 4 Look! It is given to the fire as fuel. The fire will consume two of its ends, and its middle will be charred. Is it useful for anything?
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:8
But like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of [their] bad quality--for thus says Yahweh--so I will treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.
Mark 9:50
Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
Luke 14:34-35
"Now salt [is] good, but if salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be made salty?