But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Jeremiah 52:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil. American Standard Version (1901) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Common English Bible But Nebuzaradan commander of the guard left some of the poor to tend the vineyards and till the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, some of the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, left behind as vinedressers and farmers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers and for husbandmen. |
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, the LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place:
Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.