Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
on the ninth of the fourth month, when famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
New American Standard Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month
King James Version
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Holman Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.
International Standard Version
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land.
A Conservative Version
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
American Standard Version
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Amplified
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.
Bible in Basic English
Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
Darby Translation
On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ninth to the month and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.
King James 2000
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In the ninth month, the famine became severe in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, there was so great hunger in the city, that there was no sustenance for the people of the land.
NET Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
New Heart English Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
The Emphasized Bible
On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, - and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,
Webster
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
World English Bible
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Of jerusalem
Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Besieged and took jerusalem
Famine » Instances of » In jerusalem, from siege
Famine » Instances of, in scripture » During the siege of jerusalem
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Zedekiah
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Captivity of the jews predicted and fulfilled
Siege » Distress of the inhabitants during a
Siege » Instances of » Jerusalem » By nebuchadnezzar
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 25:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Final Invasion Of Nebuchadnezzar
2 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, 3 on the ninth of the fourth month, when famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up, and by night all the men of war went by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden. And the Chaldeans were against the city all round. And the king went the way toward the plain.
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight. And you shall eat and not be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 28:52-53
And he shall besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down, throughout all the land. And he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land which Jehovah your God has given you.
Jeremiah 37:21
And Zedekiah the king commanded that they should put Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of bread out of the bakers' street daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:2
So says Jehovah, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague. But he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as a prize, and shall live.
Jeremiah 39:2
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth of the month, the city was broken up.
Jeremiah 52:6
And in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, the famine was very grievous in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Lamentations 4:4-10
The suckling's tongue cleaves to his palate in thirst; the young children ask bread; there is no breaking to them.
Ezekiel 4:9-17
Take also to yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat of it.
Ezekiel 5:10
So the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments in you, and I will scatter the whole remnant of you into all the winds.
Ezekiel 5:12
A third part of you shall die with the plague, and shall be consumed with the famine in your midst. And a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside, and the plague and the famine inside. He who is in the field shall die with the sword; and he in the city shall be devoured by famine and plague.
Ezekiel 14:21
For so says the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send My four evil judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the destroying beast, and the plague, to cut off man and beast from it.
Zechariah 8:19
So says Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.