Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 19:14
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
And fire went out of a rod [Zedekiah] of its branches which has consumed the vine's fruit, so that it has in it no [longer a] strong rod to be a scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and shall be for a lamentation {and} a dirge.
Contemporary English Version
where her stem caught fire, and flames burned her branches and fruit. Not one strong branch is left; she is stripped bare. This funeral song must be sung with sorrow.
Darby English Version
and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Good News Bible
The stem of the vine caught fire; fire burned up its branches and fruit. The branches will never again be strong, will never be royal scepters. This is a song of sorrow; it has been sung again and again.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
`And fire has gone out from {its} branch; It has consumed its shoots {and} fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.' This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation."
New International Version
Fire spread from one of its main branches
and consumed its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler's scepter.'
This is a lament and is to be used as a lament."
New King James Version
Fire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch— a scepter for ruling.’” This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'And fire has gone out from its branch; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that it does not have a strong branch, A scepter to rule.'" This we acknowledge as a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
Revised Standard Version
And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no
Young's Literal Translation
And go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength -- a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it `is' -- and it is for a lamentation!'
