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.


In Context

1 After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord .

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

3 Then the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "Figs," I answered. "The good ones are very good, but the poor ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."

4 Then the word of the Lord came to me:

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2One 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.

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.