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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 15:3

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

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?
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?
J.B. Rotherham 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?
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

1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? 3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?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 and charred it! 6Therefore, 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. 7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. 8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.'"

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
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 29:21
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
Proverbs 30:23
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live 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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