2 Kings 25:12 Parallel Translations

The captain of the guard left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

ASV:

But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

BBE:

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

DBY:

But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

ERV:

But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

JPS:

But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

WBS:

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

WEB:

But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

YLT:

and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

2 Kings 25:12 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 24:14 Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

Jeremiah 40:7 Now all the commanders of the forces that were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

25:12 Left of the poor - So while the rich were prisoners in a strange land, the poor had liberty and peace in their own country! Thus providence sometimes humbles the proud, and favours them of low degree.

MHC:

25:8-21 The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The walls of Jerusalem were thrown down, and the people carried captive to Babylon. The vessels of the temple were carried away. When the things signified were sinned away, what should the signs stand there for? It was righteous with God to deprive those of the benefit of his worship, who had preferred false worships before it; those that would have many altars, now shall have none. As the Lord spared not the angels that sinned, as he doomed the whole race of fallen men to the grave, and all unbelievers to hell, and as he spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, we need not wonder at any miseries he may bring upon guilty nations, churches, or persons.

CONC:

Behind Body-guard Captain Care Chief Door Executioners Fields Guard Husbandmen Plowmen Poor Poorest Vinedressers Vine-dressers Vines Vineyards

Body-Guard Captain Care Chief Commander Door Executioners Fields Guard Husbandmen Plowmen Poor Poorest Vinedressers Vine-Dressers Vines Vineyards Work

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