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.


In Context

1 Jehovah hath shewed me, and lo, two baskets of figs, appointed before the temple of Jehovah, — after the removing by Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, of Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the heads of Judah, and the artisan, and the smith, from Jerusalem, when he bringeth them into Babylon —

2 In 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.

3 And Jehovah saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' and I say, 'Figs, the good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, that are not eaten for badness.'

4 And there is a word of Jehovah 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 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 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.