Ezekiel 15:5
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?
Ezekiel 15:5 in other translations
| BSB | Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it! |
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| WEB | Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?” |
| ASV | 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! |
| YLT | Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work? |
| DARBY | Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work? |
| BBE | Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything? |
| Webster | Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? |
What does Ezekiel 15:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Ezekiel 15:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 15:5
- Jeremiah 3:16
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.
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Jer 3:16; *marg:
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Context
- Ezekiel 15:4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
- Ezekiel 15:5
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?
- Ezekiel 15:6
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.
Ezekiel 15:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí que cuando estaba entero no era para obra alguna: ¿cuánto menos después que el fuego lo hubiere consumido, y fuere quemado? ¿será más para alguna obra? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Voici, quand il était entier, on n’en a fait aucun ouvrage; combien moins, quand le feu l’aura consumé et qu’il sera brûlé, en fera-t-on encore un ouvrage. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Siehe, wenn es unversehrt ist, wird es zu keiner Arbeit verwendet; wieviel weniger, wenn das Feuer es verzehrt hat und es versengt ist, kann es noch zu einer Arbeit verwendet werden! - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Etiam cum esset integrum, non erat aptum ad opus: quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraverit et combusserit, nihil ex eo fiet operis? |