完全的时候尚且不合乎什么工用，何况被火烧坏，还能合乎什么工用吗？”

看哪，它完整的时候尚且不能拿来做工，何况被火烧焦了，还能拿来做工吗？

看哪，它完整的时候尚且不能拿来做工，何况被火烧焦了，还能拿来做工吗？

它完好无损的时候，尚且不能用来制造工具，被火烧后岂不更没用了吗？

看哪！它完整的时候，尚且不能用来制造物件，何况它被火烧毁和烧焦了，它还能用来做什么呢？”

完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用嗎？」

看哪，它完整的時候尚且不能拿來做工，何況被火燒焦了，還能拿來做工嗎？

看哪，它完整的時候尚且不能拿來做工，何況被火燒焦了，還能拿來做工嗎？

它完好無損的時候，尚且不能用來製造工具，被火燒後豈不更沒用了嗎？

看哪！它完整的時候，尚且不能用來製造物件，何況它被火燒毀和燒焦了，它還能用來做甚麼呢？”

看哪，它完整時、尚且不能用作工具，何況火燒燬了它，並且給燒焦了，還能用來作工具麼？

其尚全時、猶難適用、況經火焚燬、則於製器、豈非更無所用乎、

其木尚全、猶難適用、既焚之後、復何所用。

其木尚全、猶難適於用、既火焚見燬之後、豈非更不適於用乎、

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?

It was not useful when it was whole. So how can it be made into something useful now? The fire has burned it and blackened it.”

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!

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

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!”

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!

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?

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!

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!

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?

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?

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?”

In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord,“ people will no longer say,‘ The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. (niv)