Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others. New Living Translation The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away. English Standard Version But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions. Berean Study Bible But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others. King James Bible But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. New King James Version But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.” So he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren. New American Standard Bible But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have supplies of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions. NASB 1995 But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions. NASB 1977 But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions. Amplified Bible But ten men who were among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions. Christian Standard Bible However, there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey! ” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, there were 10 men among them who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions. American Standard Version But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And ten men were found with them and they were saying to Ishmayl: “Do not kill us, because we have stores in a field of wheat, and of barley, and oil, and honey!”, and he left them, and he did not kill them with their brethren Brenton Septuagint Translation But ten men were found there, and they said to Ismael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren. Contemporary English Version He let ten of the men live, because they offered to give him supplies of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey they had hidden in a field. Douay-Rheims Bible But ten men were found among them, that said to Ismahel : Kill us not: for we have stores in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. And he forbore, and slew them not with their brethren. English Revised Version But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. Good News Translation But there were ten men in the group who said to Ishmael, "Please don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the fields." So he spared them. GOD'S WORD® Translation However, ten men from the group had said to Ishmael, "Don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the country." So he left them alone and didn't kill them along with the others. International Standard Version Ten men who were among them told Ishmael, "Don't kill us because we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the field. So Ishmael stopped and did not kill them or their companions. JPS Tanakh 1917 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.' So he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren. Literal Standard Version And ten men have been found among them, and they say to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field—wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.” And he refrains, and has not put them to death in the midst of their brothers. NET Bible But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest. New Heart English Bible But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and did not kill them among their brothers. World English Bible But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers. Young's Literal Translation And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, 'Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren. Additional Translations ... Context The Assassination of Gedaliah…7And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. 8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field— wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others. 9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.… Cross References Isaiah 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. Jeremiah 41:9 Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. Treasury of Scripture But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he declined, and slew them not among their brothers. Slay. Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Psalm 49:6-8 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; … Proverbs 13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. treasures.
(8) But ten men were found among them.--The stores which formed the purchase-money by which the ten saved their lives represented probably the produce of the previous year, which, after the manner of the East, had been concealed in pits, far from the habitations of men, while the land was occupied by the Chaldaean armies.Verse 8. - Slay us not, etc. Bishop Callaway refers to this passage in his 'Zulu Nursery Tales' (1:242), in illustration of a Zulu form of deprecating death on the ground of having some important work in hand which absolutely requires the life of the person in danger. But the "ten men" do not, as the bishop supposes, beg their lives on the ground that they had not yet harvested, but rather offer a bribe. We have treasures (literally, hidden things) in the field. The allusion is to the "wells or cisterns for grain," in which "the farmers store their crops of all kinds after the grain is threshed and winnowed. These cisterns are cool, perfectly dry, and tight. The top is hermetically sealed with plaster, and covered with a deep bed of earth; and thus they keep out rats, mice, and even ants, the latter by no means a contemptible enemy .... These ten men had doubtless thus hid their treasures to avoid being plundered in that time of utter lawlessness" (Thomson, 'The Land and the Book,' p. 509). Honey. Probably that obtained from wild bees. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But tenוַעֲשָׂרָ֨ה (wa·‘ă·śā·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Strong's 6235: Ten of the men אֲנָשִׁ֜ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person among them נִמְצְאוּ־ (nim·ṣə·’ū-) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present said וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Ishmael, יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ (yiš·mā·‘êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3458: Ishmael -- 'God hears', the name of several Israelites “Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not kill us, תְּמִתֵ֔נוּ (tə·mi·ṯê·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we have יֶשׁ־ (yeš-) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is hidden treasure מַטְמֹנִים֙ (maṭ·mō·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4301: A secret storehouse, a secreted valuable, money in the field— בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land wheat, חִטִּ֥ים (ḥiṭ·ṭîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2406: Wheat barley, וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים (ū·śə·‘ō·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8184: Barley oil, וְשֶׁ֣מֶן (wə·še·men) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness and honey!” וּדְבָ֑שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇāš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup So he refrained וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל (way·yeḥ·dal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle from killing them הֱמִיתָ֖ם (hĕ·mî·ṯām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill with בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the others. אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) Jump to Previous Alone Barley Death Field Forbare Forbore Found Hidden Honey Ishmael Ish'mael Kill Oil Others Refrained Slay Slew Stopped Stores Ten Treasures WheatJump to Next Alone Barley Death Field Forbare Forbore Found Hidden Honey Ishmael Ish'mael Kill Oil Others Refrained Slay Slew Stopped Stores Ten Treasures WheatLinks Jeremiah 41:8 NIVJeremiah 41:8 NLT Jeremiah 41:8 ESV Jeremiah 41:8 NASB Jeremiah 41:8 KJV Jeremiah 41:8 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 41:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 41:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 41:8 French Bible Jeremiah 41:8 Clyx Quotations OT Prophets: Jeremiah 41:8 But ten men were found among those (Jer.) |
   
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