Ezekiel 15:4

Ezekiel chapter 15 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Context

v.3Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

v.4This passage

v.5Behold, 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!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 19:14

    And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Amos 4:11

    I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

  • Isaiah 1:31

    And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

  • Hebrews 6:8

    but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.