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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ezekiel 15:3

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?

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nail;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Vine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Peg;   Vine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Vine, Vineyard;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nail;   Vine;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
Hebrew Names Version
Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
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?
English Standard Version
Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?
New American Standard Bible
"Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can even a peg be taken from it on which to hang any utensil?
New Century Version
Can wood be taken from the vine to make anything? Can you use it to make a peg on which to hang something?
Amplified Bible
"Can wood be taken from it to make any object? Or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
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?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
Legacy 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?
Berean Standard Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
Contemporary English Version
because the wood of a grapevine can't be used to make anything, not even a small peg to hang things on.
Complete Jewish Bible
Its wood can't be used to make anything, not even a pin on which to hang a pot.
Darby Translation
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Easy-to-Read Version
Can you use that wood from a grapevine to make anything? Can you use that wood to make pegs to hang dishes on?
George Lamsa Translation
Shall wood be taken from the vine to make anything from it? Or do men take a peg from it to hang vessels on it?
Good News Translation
Can you use it to make anything? Can you even make a peg out of it to hang things on?
Lexham English 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?
Literal Translation
Shall wood be taken from it to do work? Or will men take from it for a peg to hang every vessel on it?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Do me take wodd of it, to make eny worke withall? Or maye there a nale be made of it, to hange eny thinge vpon?
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?
Bible in Basic English
Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
King James Version (1611)
Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or, will men take a pin of it, to hang any vessell thereon?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Will they take wood of it to make it fit for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it?
English Revised Version
Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether tymbre schal be takun therof, that werk be maad? ether shal a stake be maad therof, that ony vessel hange ther onne?
Update Bible Version
Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Webster's Bible Translation
Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?
New English Translation
Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
New King James Version
Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?
New Living Translation
Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
New Life Bible
Can wood be taken from it to make anything? Or can men take a piece of wood from it on which to hang a pot?
New Revised Standard
Is wood taken from it to make anything? Does one take a peg from it on which to hang any object?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?
Revised Standard Version
Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do men take a peg from it to hang any vessel on?
Young's Literal Translation
Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying: 2 Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, - any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest? 3 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? 4 Lo! into the fire, it is given up for fuel, - The two ends thereof, doth the fire devour, And the middle thereof is charred, Is it fit for any work? 5 Lo! when it was yet whole, it could not be made into any work, - how much less when !the fire hath devoured it. and it is charred, can it still be made into any work? 6 Therefore Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, - So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them; 8 I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, - because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 24:8, Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34, Luke 14:35

Reciprocal: Isaiah 22:24 - vessels of small Isaiah 30:14 - so that Jeremiah 13:7 - it was John 15:6 - he

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Genesis 13:16
and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, - so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.
Genesis 14:14
So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, - but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.
Proverbs 29:21
He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.
Proverbs 30:23
Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?.... The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors, c. build ships with, make masts of, c. or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is it is not fit for any such purpose. Pliny d speaks of some rarities made of the wood of vines, but not things of common use and these not of any vines, but of some peculiar ones, favoured by the air and soil

or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? it is not fit to make a peg of to hang a hat on; and much less for anything that requires more strength.

d Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.


 
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