Jeremiah 49:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?”
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“If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 49:9 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 17:6Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Obadiah 1:5“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
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