Parallel Verses
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 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.
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
They surrounded the town and laid siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 On the ninth day of the fourth month
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
Deuteronomy 28:52-53
They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Jeremiah 37:21
King Zedekiah gave the command to have Jeremiah put in the courtyard of the prison. He gave him a loaf of bread every day from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:2
Jehovah says: 'Whoever stays on in the city will die in war or of starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will not be killed. They will at least escape with their life.'
Jeremiah 39:2
On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.
Jeremiah 52:6
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.
Lamentations 4:4-10
The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
Ezekiel 4:9-17
Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the three hundred and ninety days you lie on your side.
Ezekiel 5:10
Fathers will eat their sons among you and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter your entire remnant to every wind.'
Ezekiel 5:12
One third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine! One third will fall by the sword! One third I will scatter to every wind! I will unsheathe a sword behind them (war will follow them).
Ezekiel 7:15
Outside are swords and inside are plagues and famines. He who is in a field will die in battle. He who is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.
Ezekiel 14:21
This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.
Zechariah 8:19
Jehovah of Hosts said: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth month, the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month, will be to the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.