Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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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 that hath been, Among trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it? 4 Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:8
And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt,
Matthew 5:13
'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.
Mark 9:50
The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
Luke 14:34-35
The salt is good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?