Ezekiel 15:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Notice, even when it was whole, it was good for no work; how much less shall it be useful and profitable when the fire has devoured it and it is charred? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work! Common English Bible Look, even when it was whole, it was worthless. Now that the fire has consumed it, and it is charred, it’s even more useless. Catholic Public Domain Version Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Even when it was whole, it was not fit for work: How much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it? |
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
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?
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.