Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And of the powerless of the land the chief of the cooks left for vine-dressers and for ploughers.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
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
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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 being left in the city, and those falling away which fell to the king of Babel, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks carried into exile. 12 And of the powerless of the land the chief of the cooks left for vine-dressers and for ploughers. 13 And the pillars of brass which were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which were in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldees brake in pieces, and they will lift up their brass into Babel.
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14
And he carried into exile all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty of strength, ten thousand exiles, and all the artificers, and the smiths: there was not left except the powerless of the people of the land.
Jeremiah 40:7
And all the chiefs of the armies which were in the field, they and their men will hear, for the king of Babel appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land, and that he committed to him the men and the women and children and the poor of the land from whom they were not carried away captive to Babel.
Jeremiah 39:10
And from the weak people which to them was nothing, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks left in the land of Judah, and he will give to them vineyards and fields in that day.
Jeremiah 52:16
And from the weak of the land, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks left for vine-dressers and for ploughmen.
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, they inhabiting these wastes upon the land of Israel say, saying, Abraham was one, and he will inherit the land: and we are many; the land was given to us for a possession.