நீ எவ்வளவாய்ச் சங்கரிப்பட்டுப்போனாய்! திருடராகிலும் இராத்திரியில் கொள்ளையடிக்கிறவர்களாகிலும் உன்னிடத்தில் வந்தால், தங்களுக்குப் போதுமானமட்டும் திருடுவார்கள் அல்லவோ? திராட்சப்பழங்களை அறுக்கிறவர்கள் உன்னிடத்தில் வந்தால், சில பழங்களை விட்டுவிடுவார்கள் அல்லவோ?
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal `only’ till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?
Darby English Bible (DBY)
If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen [till] they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?
World English Bible (WEB)
If thieves came to you, if robbers by night– oh, what disaster awaits you–wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes?
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?
Cross Reference
2 Samuel 1:19
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
Revelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Zephaniah 2:15
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Isaiah 24:13
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isaiah 17:6
Yet 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.
Deuteronomy 24:21
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Jeremiah 49:9
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
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