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2 Kings 25:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vine-dressers and husbandmen.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But the chiefe steward left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to till the land.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the land, to be Uine-dressers, and husbandmen.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
But the captain 7227
{7227} Prime
רַב
rab
{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
of the guard 2876
{2876} Prime
טַבָּח
tabbach
{tab-bawkh'}
From H2873; properly a butcher; hence a lifeguardsman (because acting as executioner); also a cook (as usually slaughtering the animal for food).
left 7604
{7604} Prime
שָׁאַר
sha'ar
{shaw-ar'}
A primitive root; properly to swell up, that is, be (causatively make) redundant.
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
of the poor 1803
{1803} Prime
דַּלָּה
dallah
{dal-law'}
From H1802; properly something dangling, that is, a loose thread or hair; figuratively indigent.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the land 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
[to be] vinedressers 3755
{3755} Prime
כֹּרֵם
korem
{ko-rame'}
Active participle of an imaginary denominative from H3754; a vinedresser; as one or two words.
and husbandmen. 3009
{3009} Prime
יָגַב
yagab
{yaw-gab'}
A primitive root; to dig or plough.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
z8675
<8675> Grammar
Kethiv Reading

Where the translators of the Authorised Version followed the qere reading rather than the kethiv.
y1461
[1461] Standard
גוּב
guwb
{goob}
A primitive root; to dig.
z8801
<8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 309
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on 2 Kings 25:8-18.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Kings 25:8-21.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
left of the poor:

2 Kings 24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Jeremiah 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the fields, [even] they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Jeremiah 52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we [are] many; the land is given us for inheritance.
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2K 24:14. Jr 39:10; 40:7; 52:16. Ezk 33:24.

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