| NETBible | Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred? |
| NIV © |
If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred? |
| NASB © |
"Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! |
| NLT © |
Vine branches are useless both before and after being put into the fire! |
| MSG © |
"Hardly. When it was whole it wasn't good for anything. Half-burned is no improvement. What's it good for? |
| BBE © |
Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything? |
| NRSV © |
When it was whole it was used for nothing; how much less—when the fire has consumed it, and it is charred—can it ever be used for anything! |
| NKJV © |
"Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? |
| KJV | Behold, when it was whole <08549>_, it was meet <06213> (8735) for no work <04399>_: how much less shall it be meet <06213> (8738) yet for [any] work <04399>_, when the fire <0784> hath devoured <0398> (8804) it, and it is burned <02787> (8735)_? {meet: Heb. made fit} |
| NASB © |
"Behold <2009> , while it is intact <8549> , it is not made <6213> into anything <4399> . How <637> much <637> less <637> , when <3588> the fire <784> has consumed <398> it and it is charred <2787> , can it still <5750> be made <6213> into anything !<4399> |
| LXXM | oude <3761> CONJ eti <2089> ADV autou <846> D-GSN ontov <1510> V-PAPGS oloklhrou <3648> A-GSN ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S eiv <1519> PREP ergasian <2039> N-ASF mh <3165> ADV oti <3754> CONJ ean <1437> CONJ kai <2532> CONJ pur <4442> N-NSN auto <846> D-ASN analwsh <355> V-AAS-3S eiv <1519> PREP telov <5056> N-ASN ei <1487> CONJ estai <1510> V-FMI-3S eti <2089> ADV eiv <1519> PREP ergasian <2039> N-ASF |
| NET [draft] ITL | Indeed <02009> ! If it was <01961> not <03808> made <06213> into anything useful <04399> when it was whole <08549> , how much less <0637> can it be made <06213> into anything <04399> when the fire <0784> has burned <0398> it up <0398> and it is charred ?<02787> |
| HEBREW | o hkalml <04399> dwe <05750> hvenw <06213> rxyw <02787> whtlka <0398> sa <0784> yk <03588> Pa <0637> hkalml <04399> hvey <06213> al <03808> Mymt <08549> wtwyhb <01961> hnh (15:5) <02009> |