BSB
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
AKJV
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
CPDV
Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?
ERV
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work?
NHEB
Look, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work.
SMT
Behold, in its being whole, it will not do for work: but if the fire consumed it, and it was burnt, did it yet do for work?