New International Version
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?

New Living Translation
Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

English Standard Version
Behold, 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!

Berean Standard Bible
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!

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
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!

NASB 1995
“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!

NASB 1977
“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!

Legacy Standard Bible
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!

Amplified Bible
Notice this, even when it was complete, it was not useful and was not made into anything. How much less, after the fire has burned [part of] it and [the remainder of] it is charred, can it still be made into anything?

Christian Standard Bible
Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!”

American Standard Version
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!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when it was without defect, it was not going to serve, now that the fire has consumed it and laid it waste, what use is it going to serve?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Not even while it is yet whole will it be useful for any work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be fit for work?

Contemporary English Version
The wood is useless before it is burned, and afterwards, it is completely worthless.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?

English Revised Version
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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the vine was in perfect condition, it couldn't be made into anything. How can it be used to make anything after the fire has burned and charred it?

Good News Translation
It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."

International Standard Version
If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is singed, shall it yet be meet for any work?

Literal Standard Version
Behold, in its being perfect it is not used for work, | How much less when fire has eaten of it, | And it is scorched, | Has it been used yet for work?”

Majority Standard Bible
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!

New American Bible
Even when it is whole it cannot be used for anything; So when fire has devoured and charred it, how useful can it be?

NET Bible
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?

New Revised Standard Version
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!

New Heart English Bible
Look, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

World English Bible
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?”

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

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