Then if ¹  it bears fruit next year, ²  very well, ³  but if ⁴  not, you can cut it down.’”

biblegateway Luk 13:9

and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’"

Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.'"

And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.’

biblegateway Luk 13:9

If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’"

Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

bibleoremus Luk 13:9

If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’"

And if it bears next season, well and good; if not, you shall have it down.’”

biblegateway Luk 13:9

‘And if it bears fruit, well . But if not, after that you can cut it down.’"

And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down.

biblegateway Luk 13:9

Then if ¹  it bears fruit next year, ²  very well, ³  but if ⁴  not, you can cut it down.’”

¹ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. The conjunction καί (kai, a component of κάν [kan]) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “the coming [season].”

³ tn The phrase “very well” is supplied in the translation to complete the elided idea, but its absence is telling.

⁴ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text, showing which of the options is assumed.