Read Full ChapterFor if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
World English Bible (WEB)
For{G1063} if{G1487} thou{G4771} wert cut{G1581}{(G5648)} out of{G1537} the olive tree which is wild{G65} by{G2596} nature{G5449}, and{G2532} wert graffed{G1461}{(G5681)} contrary to{G3844} nature{G5449} into{G1519} a good olive tree{G2565}: how much{G4214} more{G3123} shall these{G3778}, which be the natural{G2596}{G5449} branches, be graffed into{G1461}{(G5701)} their own{G2398} olive tree{G1636}?
Strong's King James
(24) For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted in against nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will the natural ones be grafted into their own olive tree.
The F.O.G
[24] After all, if you were cut from a wild olive tree and miraculously grafted into a cultivated one, how much more readily can these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!
The F.O.G Paraphrase
for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Young's Literal Translation
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