9If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?


In Context

6 "Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the Lord .

7 Concerning Edom: This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

8 Turn and flee, hide in deep caves, you who live in Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.

9 If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?

10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, so that he cannot conceal himself. His children, relatives and neighbors will perish, and he will be no more.

11 Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives. Your widows too can trust in me."

Jeremiah 49:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:9If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:9If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:9If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:9If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had enough.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:9If grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:9If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:9If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn't they destroy until they had enough?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:9If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:9If grape gatherers come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.