Ezekiel 15:5

Jerusalem the Useless Vine

4No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?5Even 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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Berean Standard Bible
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!
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!
Bible in Basic English
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?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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?
Free Bible Version
Even before you burned it you couldn't make it into anything useful. It's even less useful once the fire has burned and charred it!
King James (Authorized) Version
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?
Translation for Translators
No; if it was not useful for anything before it was burned, it certainly cannot bemade into something useful after the fire has burned and charred it.
Unlocked Literal Bible
See! When it was complete, it could not make anything; surely then, when the fire has burned, then it still will not make anything useful.
Noah Webster Bible
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?
World English Bible
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?”
Young's Literal Translation
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?