ESV: For it will not be a testing — what could it do if you despise the rod?" declares the Lord God.
NIV: " ‘Testing will surely come. And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign Lord.’
NASB: For there is a testing; and what if even the rod which despises will cease to be?' declares the Lord God.
CSB: Surely it will be a trial! And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter will not continue." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
NLT: It will put them all to the test. What chance do they have? says the Sovereign Lord.
KJV: Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
NKJV: “Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more,” says the Lord God.
