Jacob 5:42
1830 Edition
Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now, these which have once brought forth good fruit, have also become corrupted. And now, all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing, save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.
Influences
Matthew 3:10 (KJV)
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Changes
Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now, these which have once brought forth good fruit, have also become corrupted.; Aand now, all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing, save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.
Simple English
“I knew all the fruit in the vineyard had gone bad, except for these trees. Now these trees that once made good fruit have gone bad too. Now all the trees in my vineyard are worthless. They can only be cut down and burned.”
Paraphrase
“I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard had become corrupt except these. And now even these, which once produced good fruit, have also gone bad. All the trees in my vineyard are worthless now—good for nothing but to be cut down and burned.”