Jeremiah 24:3

3 And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I replied, “Figs, some very good and some very bad, too rotten to eat.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

3 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I answered, “I see figs. The good figs are very good, but the rotten figs are too rotten to eat.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

3 Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Jeremiah 24:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

3 And Jehovah said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs very good; and the bad very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.

Jeremiah 24:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I answered, “Figs. Figs that are very good. I also see figs that are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

3 And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3 And Yahweh asked me, “What are you seeing, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs—the good figs, very good, and the bad figs, very bad, that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good. But the others are so bad they can’t be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”

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