Jeremiah 52 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 52:16

But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Jeremiah 52:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 52:16 in other translations

BSBBut Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
WEBBut Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
ASVBut Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
YLTand of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
DARBYBut Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
BBEBut Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
WebsterBut Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

What does Jeremiah 52:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The poor of the land - See on Jer 39:1 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23

The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.

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Jeremiah 52:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹתu.mi.da.Lotand some of [the] poor people ofH1803
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הִשְׁאִ֕ירhish.'Irhe left behindH7604
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןne.vu.zar.'a.DanNebuzaradanH5018
רַב\־rav-[the] chief ofH7227
טַבָּחִ֑יםta.ba.Chim[the] bodyguardsH2876
לְכֹרְמִ֖יםle.kho.re.Mimto vinedressersH3755
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים\׃u.le.yo.ge.Vimand to ploughmenH3009

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 52:16

  • Jeremiah 39:9-10

    Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. But Nebuzar–adan 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.

  • 2 Kings 25:12

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

  • Jeremiah 40:5-7

    Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. 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;

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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39:9,10; 40:5-7; 2Ki 25:12; Eze 33:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 52:15

    Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

  • Jeremiah 52:16

    But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

  • Jeremiah 52:17

    Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

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Jeremiah 52:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas de los pobres del país dejó Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, para viñadores y labradores.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais des pauvres du pays, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, en laissa pour être vignerons et laboureurs.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber von den Geringen des Landes ließ Nebusaradan, der Oberste der Trabanten, zurück zu Weingärtnern und zu Ackersleuten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De pauperibus vero terræ reliquit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ vinitores et agricolas.