2One basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.


In Context

1 Jehovah shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs, set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive from Jerusalem, Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.

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.

4 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 24:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs of the first season: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, because they were bad.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very poor figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2In the one basket are figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket are figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.