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The Temple Destroyed

Jeremiah 52:16

In 11 translations

BSB
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
KJV
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
WEB
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
ASV
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
LSV
and of the poor of the land, Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has left for vinedressers and for farmers.
YLT
and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
DBY
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
DRC
But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.
GNV
But Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward left certaine of the poore of the lande, to dresse the vines, and to till the land.
JPS
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
LXXE
But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ κατέλιπεν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος εἰς ἀμπελουργοὺς καὶ εἰς γεωργούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 39:9–10Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him. But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah…
  • Jeremiah 40:5–7But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go…
  • 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  • Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

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