But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Jeremiah 52:16 - Revised Standard Version But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. 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 guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God pronounced this evil against this place;
“Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’