Jeremiah 25:24

all the kings of Arabia who ¹  live in the desert;

all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert;

and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who dwell in the desert;

I went to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,

All the kings of Arabia and the various Bedouin sheiks and chieftains wandering about in the desert;

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people living in the waste land;

all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed peoples that live in the desert;

all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert;

all the kings of Arabia who ¹  live in the desert;

¹ tc Or “and all the kings of people of mixed origin who.” The Greek version gives evidence of having read the term only once; it refers to the “people of mixed origin” without reference to the kings of Arabia. While the term translated “people of mixed origin” seems appropriate in the context of a group of foreigners within a larger entity (e.g. Israel in Exod 12:38; Neh 13:3; Egypt in Jer 50:37), it seems odd to speak of them as a separate entity under their own kings. The presence of the phrase in the Hebrew text and the other versions dependent upon it can be explained as a case of dittography.

sn See further Jer 49:28-33 for judgment against some of these Arabian peoples.