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.


In Context

1 The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 One 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.

3 Then said the LORD to 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.

4 Again the word of the LORD came to 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 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 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.