2 occurrences in 10 translations

'Useless' in the Bible

and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesThree YearsSeeking For Concrete ThingsNo Roomspacecutting

It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Verse Conceptsdung and manure

Bible Theasaurus

Futile (53 instances)
Inadequate (2 instances)
Incompetent (1 instance)
Ineffectual (3 instances)
Inoperative (5 instances)
Useless (77 instances)

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