Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
New American Standard Bible
But the captain of the guard left some of
King James Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Holman Bible
But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
International Standard Version
However, the captain of the guard left some of the poor people of the land to work as vinedressers and farmers.
A Conservative Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
American Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Amplified
But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.
Darby Translation
But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
Julia Smith Translation
And of the powerless of the land the chief of the cooks left for vine-dressers and for ploughers.
King James 2000
But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.
Modern King James verseion
But the chief of the executioners left a few of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nebuzaradan the chief Marshal carried away, and left of the poor of the land to dress the vines and to till the ground.
NET Bible
But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.
New Heart English Bible
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
The Emphasized Bible
But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Webster
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
World English Bible
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Youngs Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Themes
Israel » Josiah » Son » Zedekiah
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The captivity of the southern kingdom (judah,)
Temple » Solomon's » Destroyed by nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to babylon
Interlinear
References
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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 25:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jerusalem Is Sacked And The Temple Burned
11 And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners; 12 But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields. 13 And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took the brass to Babylon.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14
And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.
Jeremiah 40:7
Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poorest of the land, those who had not been taken away to Babylon;
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.
Jeremiah 52:16
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.
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage.