Jeremiah 39:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poor of the people who had nothing in the land of Judah and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִן־הָעָ֣ם הַדַּלִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ מְא֔וּמָה הִשְׁאִ֛יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֥ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֛ם כְּרָמִ֥ים וִֽיגֵבִ֖ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

And-from-the-ʿām the-dallîm who ʾên-to-them məʾûmāh, hišʾîr nəbûzarʾădān rab-ṭabbāḥîm in-ʾereṣ yəhûdāh, and-yittēn to-them kərāmîm and-yəgēbîm in-the-yôm the-that.

Grammar Details

• *ʿām*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the people
• *dallîm*: adjective, masculine plural with definite article - the poor
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *məʾûmāh*: noun, masculine, singular - anything
• *hišʾîr*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he left/left behind
• *nəbûzarʾădān*: proper name, masculine - Nebuzaradan
• *rab*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - chief of
• *ṭabbāḥîm*: noun, masculine, plural - guards/executioners
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - land of
• *yəhûdāh*: proper name - Judah
• *yittēn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + waw consecutive - and he gave
• *kərāmîm*: noun, masculine, plural - vineyards
• *yəgēbîm*: noun, masculine, plural - fields
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the day

Word Meanings

• *dallîm*: poor/impoverished/weak/lowly
• *məʾûmāh*: anything/something/nothing
• *hišʾîr*: left/left behind/kept
• *kərāmîm*: vineyards/orchards
• *yəgēbîm*: fields/cisterns/agricultural plots

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left behind in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned nothing, and at that time gave them vineyards and fields.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But Nabuzarada the chefe captayne let the rascall people (and those that had nothinge) dwell still in the lode off Iuda, and gaue them vynyardes and corne feldes at the same tyme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward left the poore that had nothing in the land of Iudah, and gaue them vineyards and fieldes at the same time.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine let the rascall people and those that had nothyng, dwell styll in the lande of Iuda, and gaue them vineyardes and corne fieldes at the same tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the same day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
• Jer 40:7 : 7 Now when all the captains of the forces who 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 to him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;
• Jer 52:16 : 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
• Ezek 33:24 : 24 Son of man, those who inhabit the ruins in the land of Israel are speaking, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us as a possession.