Ezekiel 15:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ezekiel 15:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

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KJV

King James Version

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?

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WEB

World English Bible

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

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ASV

American Standard Version

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?

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ezekiel 15

² “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

³ Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

⁴ No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

⁵ 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!

⁶ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

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