Jeremiah 52:16

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Hebrew Names Version
But Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

King James Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

English Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

New American Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

New Century Version
But Nebuzaradan left behind some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vineyards and fields.

Amplified Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

World English Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward left certaine of the poore of the lande, to dresse the vines, and to till the land.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had some of the poorest of the land remain to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Berean Standard Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left behind the rest of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Contemporary English Version
Only the very poorest were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.

Complete Jewish Bible
But N'vuzar'adan the commander of the guard left behind some of the poor people of the land to be vineyard-workers and farmers.

Darby Translation
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Easy-to-Read Version
But Nebuzaradan left some of the poorest people behind in the land. He left them to work in the vineyards and the fields.

George Lamsa Translation
But Nebuzaradan, the general of the guard, left some of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for other work.

Good News Translation
But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he put them to work in the vineyards and fields.

Lexham English Bible
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to serve as vinedressers and farmers.

Literal Translation
But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye poore people of the countre, dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe, to occupie the vynyardes & feldes.

American Standard Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Bible in Basic English
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

King James Version (1611)
But Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard, left certaine of the poore of the land for Uine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the poore people of the countrey did Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne leaue in the lande, to occupie the vineyardes and fieldes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

English Revised Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Nabusardan, the prince of chyualrie, lefte of the pore men of the lond vyne tilers, and erthe tilers.

Update Bible Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

New English Translation
But he left behind some of the poor and gave them fields and vineyards.

New King James Version
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

New Living Translation
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.

New Life Bible
But Nebuzaradan left some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vines and fields.

New Revised Standard
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, others of the poor of the land, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners leave, for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.

Revised Standard Version
But Nebu'zarad'an the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Young's Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Contextual Overview

¹²In the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on the seventh day of the fifth month, Nebuzaradan, the king of Babylon's chief deputy, arrived in Jerusalem. He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down. He put the Babylonian troops he had with him to work knocking down the city walls. Finally, he rounded up everyone left in the city, including those who had earlier deserted to the king of Babylon, and took them off into exile. He left a few poor dirt farmers behind to tend the vineyards and what was left of the fields. ¹⁷The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the bronze washstands, and the huge bronze basin (the Sea) that were in the Temple of God , and hauled the bronze off to Babylon. They also took the various bronze-crafted liturgical accessories, as well as the gold and silver censers and sprinkling bowls, used in the services of Temple worship. The king's deputy didn't miss a thing. He took every scrap of precious metal he could find. ²⁰The amount of bronze they got from the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls that supported the Sea, and the ten washstands that Solomon had made for the Temple of God was enormous. They couldn't weigh it all! Each pillar stood twenty-seven feet high with a circumference of eighteen feet. The pillars were hollow, the bronze a little less than an inch thick. Each pillar was topped with an ornate capital of bronze pomegranates and filigree, which added another seven and a half feet to its height. There were ninety-six pomegranates evenly spaced—in all, a hundred pomegranates worked into the filigree.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

certain: Jeremiah 39:9, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:5-7, 2 Kings 25:12, Ezekiel 33:24

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:14 - the poorest sort Ezekiel 5:3 - a few

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land,.... Of the land of Judea, who lived in the country, and had not been concerned in defending the city against the Chaldeans:

for vinedressers, and for husbandmen; to look after the vineyards and fields, and dress and manure them, that the king of Babylon might receive some advantage by the conquest he had made;

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Husbandmen - Men who tilled little plots of ground with the mattock.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 52:16. The poor of the land — Jeremiah 39:10.