Ezekiel 15:4
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?
KJV
Ecce igni datum est in escam : utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis, et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam : numquid utile erit ad opus ?
Vulgate
παρὲξ πυρὶ δέδοται εἰς ἀνάλωσιν, τὴν κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν κάθαρσιν ἀπ’ αὐτῆς ἀναλίσκει τὸ πῦρ, καὶ ἐκλείπει εἰς τέλος· μὴ χρήσιμον ἔσται εἰς ἐργασίαν;
LXX
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?
ASV
הִנֵּ֥ה לָ/אֵ֖שׁ נִתַּ֣ן לְ/אָכְלָ֑ה אֵת֩ שְׁנֵ֨י קְצוֹתָ֜י/ו אָכְלָ֤ה הָ/אֵשׁ֙ וְ/תוֹכ֣/וֹ נָחָ֔ר הֲ/יִצְלַ֖ח לִ/מְלָאכָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 19:12 — But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
- Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
- John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Ps 80:16 — It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.