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Jeremiah 49:9

NETBible	If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind?¹ If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed?²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 49:9	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?
NASB © biblegateway Jer 49:9	"If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 49:9	Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. If thieves came at night, even they would not take everything.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 49:9	When harvesters work your fields, don't they leave gleanings? When burglars break into your house, don't they take only what they want?
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 49:9	If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 49:9	If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, even they would pillage only what they wanted.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 49:9	If grape–gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, Would they not destroy until they have enough?
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KJV	If grapegatherers <01219> (8802) come <0935> (8804) to thee, would they not leave <07604> (8686) [some] gleaning grapes <05955>_? if thieves <01590> by night <03915>_, they will destroy <07843> (8689) till they have enough <01767>_. {till...: Heb. their sufficiency}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 49:9	"If <0518> grape gatherers <01219> came <0935> to you, Would they not leave <07604> gleanings <05955> ? If <0518> thieves <01590> came by night <03915> , They would destroy <07843> only until they had enough <01767> .
LXXM	(30:3) oti <3754> CONJ trughtai {N-NPM} hlyon <2064> V-AAI-3P soi <4771> P-DS ou <3364> ADV kataleiqousin <2641> V-FAI-3P soi <4771> P-DS kataleimmata <2640> N-APN wv <3739> CONJ kleptai <2812> N-NPM en <1722> PREP nukti <3571> N-DSF epiyhsousin <2007> V-FAI-3P ceira <5495> N-ASF autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	If <0518> grape pickers <01219> came <0935> to pick your grapes, would they not <03808> leave <07604> a few grapes behind <05955> ? If <0518> robbers <01590> came at night <03915> , would they not pillage <07843> only what they needed <01767> ?
HEBREW	Myd <01767> wtyxsh <07843> hlylb <03915> Mybng <01590> Ma <0518> twllwe <05955> wrasy <07604> al <03808> Kl <0> wab <0935> Myrub <01219> Ma (49:9) <0518>

NETBible

If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind?¹ If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed?²

NET Notes

¹tn The translation of this verse is generally based on the parallels in Obad 5. There the second line has a ה interrogative in front of it. The question can still be assumed because questions can be asked in Hebrew without a formal marker (cf. GKC 473 §150.a and BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.a[e] and compare usage in 2 Kgs 5:26).

²tn The tense and nuance of the verb translated “pillage” are both different than the verb in Obad 5. There the verb is the imperfect of גָּנַב (ganav, “to steal”). Here the verb is the perfect of a verb which means to “ruin” or “spoil.” The English versions and commentaries, however, almost all render the verb here in much the same way as in Obad 5. The nuance must mean they only “ruin, destroy” (by stealing) only as much as they need (Heb “their sufficiency”), and the verb is used as metonymical substitute, effect for cause. The perfect must be some kind of a future perfect; “would they not have destroyed only…” The negative question is carried over by ellipsis from the preceding lines.