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?

看哪，已经抛在火中当作柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也被烧了，还有益于工用吗？

看哪，它已经抛在火中当柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也烧焦了，它还有什么用处呢？

看哪，它已经抛在火中当柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也烧焦了，它还有什么用处呢？

它只能用来当柴烧。如果火已经烧了它的两头，中间也烧黑了，它还有什么用呢？

看哪！已经抛在火里当作燃料，火既烧毁了两端，连中间也烧焦了，它还可以用来制造物件吗？

看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用嗎？

看哪，它已經拋在火中當柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也燒焦了，它還有甚麼用處呢？

看哪，它已經拋在火中當柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也燒焦了，它還有甚麼用處呢？

它只能用來當柴燒。如果火已經燒了它的兩頭，中間也燒黑了，它還有什麼用呢？

看哪！已經拋在火裡當作燃料，火既燒毀了兩端，連中間也燒焦了，它還可以用來製造物件嗎？

看哪，已拋給火燒燬，火既燒燬了兩頭，中間也給燒焦了，要作工具還有用處麼？

惟投於火為薪、焚其兩端、並燬其中、尚有何用乎、

人投之火、焚其兩端、並燬其中、安能適於用哉、

人投之於火為薪、火焚兩端、其中亦燬、焉能適於用哉、

And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

Suppose it is thrown in the fire to be burned. And the fire burns both ends and blackens the middle. Then is the wood useful for anything?

Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?

No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then good for anything?

Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

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?

In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

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.

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, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

For our God[ is] a consuming fire.

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

I have overthrown[ some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

But that which beareth thorns and briers[ is] rejected, and[ is] nigh unto cursing; whose end[ is] to be burned.

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches,[ which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod[ to be] a sceptre to rule. This[ is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

[ It is] burned with fire,[ it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Whose fan[ is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench[ them].