Ezekiel 15:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 15:5 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 3:16“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
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