But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
Jeremiah 52:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
On the seventh day of the fifth month #– #which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon #– #Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
The captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, ‘The Lord your God decreed this disaster on this place,
‘Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, “Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.”