Ezekiel 15:5

Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

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WEBBE

Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burnt, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

BSB

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!

KJV

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?

ASV

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!

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?

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הִנֵּה hi·neh there H2009 בִּהְיוֹתוֹ bih·yo·to when was it H1961 תָמִים ta·mim complete H8549 לֹא lo' not H3808 יֵעָשֶׂה ye·'a·seh it was made H6213 לִמְלָאכָה lim·la·khah into a product H4399 אַף 'af indeed H637 כִּי־ ki- if H3588 אֵשׁ 'esh a fire H784 אֲכָלַתְהוּ 'a·kha·lat·hu it has consumed it H398 וַיֵּחָר vai·ye·char and it has been charred H2787 וְנַעֲשָׂה ve·na·'a·sah and will it be made H6213 עוֹד od again H5750 לִמְלָאכָה ס lim·la·khah into a product H4399

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.