Jeremiah 49:9
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If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.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?
In other translations
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.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?
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518בֹּצְרִיםbotzerimgrape gatherersH1219בָּאוּba'uthey cameH935לָךְlakhto <the> youלֹאlo'notH3808יַשְׁאִרוּyash'iruwill they leave?H7604עוֹלֵלוֹתolelotgleaningsH5955אִם־'im-ifH518גַּנָּבִיםganavimthievesH1590בַּלַּיְלָהbalaylahin the nightH3915הִשְׁחִיתוּhishchituthey destroyedH7843דַיָּם׃daiyamsufficiency theirH1767
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Obadiah 1:5-65 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!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? 6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
- Isaiah 17:6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.Yet 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.
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