Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

King James Version

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Holman Bible

Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

International Standard Version

Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on?

A Conservative Version

Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

American Standard Version

Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Amplified

Can wood be taken from it to make any object? Or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

Bible in Basic English

Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?

Darby Translation

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall wood be taken from it to do for work? or will they take from it a peg to hang upon it any vessel?

King James 2000

Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can they take a tent peg from it to hang on it any object?

Modern King James verseion

Shall wood be taken from it to do work? Or will men take from it for a peg to hang any vessel on it?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Do men take wood of it, to make any work withal? Or may there a nail be made of it, to hang anything upon?

NET Bible

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

New Heart English Bible

Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

The Emphasized Bible

Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?

Webster

Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?

World English Bible

Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
be taken
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

or will men take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

a pin
יתד 
Yathed 
Usage: 24

of it to hang
תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Jerusalem A Useless Vine

2 “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel? 4 If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:8

‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the Lord—so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Luke 14:34-35

“Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

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