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New Century Version

Ezekiel 15:3

Can wood be taken from the vine to make anything? Can you use it to make a peg on which to hang something?

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?
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?
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

1 The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: 2 "Human, is the wood of the vine better than the wood of any tree in the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from the vine to make anything? Can you use it to make a peg on which to hang something? 4 If the vine is thrown into the fire for fuel, and the fire burns up both ends and starts to burn the middle, is it useful for anything? 5 When the vine was whole, it couldn't be made into anything. When the fire has burned it completely, it certainly cannot be made into anything." 6 So this is what the Lord God says: "Out of all the trees in the forest, I have given the wood of the vine as fuel for fire. In the same way I have given up the people who live in Jerusalem 7 and will turn against them. Although they came through one fire, fire will still destroy them. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord . 8 So I will make the land empty, because the people have not been loyal, says 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 a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.
Proverbs 13:12
It is sad not to get what you hoped for. But wishes that come true are like eating fruit from the tree of life.
Proverbs 29:21
If you spoil your servants when they are young, they will bring you grief later on.
Proverbs 30:23
a hated woman who gets married, and a maid who replaces her mistress.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male and female slaves, and slaves were also born in my house. I had large herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem had ever had before.
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord , when I bring my case to you, you are always right. But I want to ask you about the justice you give. Why are evil people successful? Why do dishonest people have such easy lives?

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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