• Jeremiah 40:7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 7 In time all the army chiefs who were in the field with their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Ged·a·liʹah the son of A·hiʹkam over the land and that he had appointed him over the men, women, and children from the poor people of the land who had not been deported to Babylon.+

  • Jeremiah 40:7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 7 In time all the chiefs* of the military forces who were in the field,+ they and their men, got to hear that the king of Babylon had commissioned Ged·a·liʹah the son of A·hiʹkam over the land and that he had commissioned him [over] the men and women and little children and some of the lowly people of the land, who had not been taken into exile in Babylon.+

  • Jeremiah 40:7
    The Bible in Living English

    • 7 And all the captains of the field forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had put Gedaliah the son of Ahikam in charge of the country, and that he had consigned to him men and women and children and some of the poorest of the country, of those who were not deported to Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 40:7
    American Standard Version

    • 7 Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 40:7
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the field—they and their men heard that the king of Babylon had set Gedaliah son of Ahikam in charge over the land,—and that he had committed to him men and women and children, and the poor of the land of those who had not been carried away captive to Babylon