Jacob 5:45
1830 Edition
And thou beheldest that a part thereof, brought forth good fruit; and a part thereof, brought forth wild fruit. And because that I plucked not the branches thereof, and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch, that it hath withered away.
Changes
And thou beheldest that a part thereof, brought forth good fruit;, and a part thereof, brought forth wild fruit.; Aand because that I plucked not the branches thereof, and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch, that it hath withered away.
Simple English
“You saw that part of it made good fruit. Part of it made bad fruit. Because I didn’t cut off the branches and burn them, they took over the good branch. It dried up.”
Paraphrase
“You saw that part of it produced good fruit and part produced wild fruit. Because I didn’t remove those wild branches and burn them, they’ve overtaken the good branch and caused it to wither.”