Jacob 5:7
~544–420 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he sayeth unto his servant, It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire, that they may be burned.
Influences
Romans 11:17 (KJV)
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
John 15:6 (KJV)
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Changes
And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he sayethid unto his servant,: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire, that they may be burned.
Simple English
The master of the vineyard saw it. He said to his servant: 'I am sad that I might lose this tree. Go get branches from a wild olive tree. Bring them to me. We will cut off the main branches that are dying. We will burn them in the fire.'
Paraphrase
When the master saw this, he told his servant, 'It breaks my heart to lose this tree. Go find branches from a wild olive tree and bring them here. We’ll cut off these dying main branches and burn them.'