Verse | Translation | Text |
Jer 39:10 | Strong Concordance | But Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] left [07604] of the poor [01800] of the people [05971], which had nothing [03972], in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and gave [05414] them vineyards [03754] and fields [03010] at the same time [03117]. |
King James | 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. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
left . . . the poor . . . which had nothing--The poor have least to lose; one of the providential compensations of their lot. They who before had been stripped of their possessions by the wealthier Jews obtain, not only their own, but those of others. |