Jeremiah 51 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 51:1
KJVThus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
WEBYahweh says:
YLTThus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb -- My withstanders, A destroying wind,
Jeremiah 51:2
KJVAnd will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
WEBI will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her.
YLTAnd I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about -- in the day of evil.
Jeremiah 51:3
KJVAgainst him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
WEBAgainst him who bends, let the archer bend his bow,
YLTLet not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
Jeremiah 51:4
KJVThus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
WEBThey will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
YLTAnd fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
Jeremiah 51:5
KJVFor Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
WEBFor Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God,
YLTFor, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God -- by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:6
KJVFlee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
WEB“Flee out of the middle of Babylon!
YLTFlee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.
Jeremiah 51:7
KJVBabylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
WEBBabylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand,
YLTA golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.
Jeremiah 51:8
KJVBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
WEBBabylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!
YLTSuddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
Jeremiah 51:9
KJVWe would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
WEB“We would have healed Babylon,
YLTWe healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
Jeremiah 51:10
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Jeremiah 51:11
KJVMake bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
WEB“Make the arrows sharp!
YLTCleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device [is] to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it [is], The vengeance of His temple.
Jeremiah 51:12
KJVSet up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
WEBSet up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
YLTUnto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:13
KJVO thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
WEBYou who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures,
YLTO dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
Jeremiah 51:14
KJVThe Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
WEBYahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying,
YLTSworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee -- shouting.
Jeremiah 51:15
KJVHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
WEB“He has made the earth by his power.
YLTThe maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
Jeremiah 51:16
KJVWhen he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
WEBWhen he utters his voice,
YLTAt the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Jeremiah 51:17
KJVEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
WEB“Every man has become brutish without knowledge.
YLTBrutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 51:18
KJVThey are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
WEBThey are vanity,
YLTVanity [are] they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Jeremiah 51:19
KJVThe portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
WEBThe portion of Jacob is not like these,
YLTNot like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Jeremiah 51:20
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Jeremiah 51:21
KJVAnd with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
WEBWith you I will break in pieces
YLTAnd I have broken in pieces by thee horse and its rider, And I have broken in pieces by thee chariot and its charioteer,
Jeremiah 51:22
KJVWith thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
WEBWith you I will break in pieces
YLTAnd I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,
Jeremiah 51:23
KJVI will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
WEBWith you I will break in pieces
YLTAnd I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.
Jeremiah 51:24
KJVAnd I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
WEB“I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.
YLTAnd I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:25
KJVBehold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
WEB“Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh,
YLTLo, I [am] against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee for a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah 51:26
KJVAnd they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.
WEBThey won’t take a cornerstone from you,
YLTAnd they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:27
KJVSet ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
WEB“Set up a standard in the land!
YLTLift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
Jeremiah 51:28
KJVPrepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
WEBPrepare against her the nations,
YLTSanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
Jeremiah 51:29
KJVAnd the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
WEBThe land trembles and is in pain;
YLTAnd shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:30
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Jeremiah 51:31
KJVOne post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
WEBOne runner will run to meet another,
YLTRunner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.
Jeremiah 51:32
KJVAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
WEBSo the passages are seized.
YLTAnd the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
Jeremiah 51:33
KJVFor thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
WEBFor Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:
YLTFor thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing -- yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.
Jeremiah 51:34
KJVNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
WEB“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me.
YLTDevoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
Jeremiah 51:35
KJVThe violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
WEBMay the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!”
YLTMy wrong, and [that of] my flesh [is] on Babylon, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 51:36
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
WEBTherefore Yahweh says:
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
Jeremiah 51:37
KJVAnd Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
WEBBabylon will become heaps,
YLTAnd Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:38
KJVThey shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
WEBThey will roar together like young lions.
YLTTogether as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.
Jeremiah 51:39
KJVIn their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
WEBWhen they are heated, I will make their feast,
YLTIn their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:40
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Jeremiah 51:41
KJVHow is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
WEB“How Sheshach is taken!
YLTHow hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
Jeremiah 51:42
KJVThe sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
WEBThe sea has come up on Babylon.
YLTCome up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Jeremiah 51:43
KJVHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
WEBHer cities have become a desolation,
YLTIts cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land -- none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
Jeremiah 51:44
KJVAnd I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
WEBI will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon,
YLTAnd I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed -- from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.
Jeremiah 51:45
KJVMy people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.
WEB“My people, go away from the middle of her,
YLTGo forth from its midst, O My people, And deliver ye, each his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah,
Jeremiah 51:46
KJVAnd lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
WEBDon’t let your heart faint.
YLTAnd lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
Jeremiah 51:47
KJVTherefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
WEBTherefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon;
YLTTherefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.
Jeremiah 51:48
KJVThen the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.
WEBThen the heavens and the earth,
YLTAnd cried aloud against Babylon Have heavens and earth, and all that [is] in them, For, from the north come to it do the spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:49
KJVAs Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
WEB“As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
YLTEven Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
Jeremiah 51:50
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Jeremiah 51:51
KJVWe are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.
WEB“We are confounded,
YLTWe have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:52
KJVWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
WEB“Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,
YLTTherefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.
Jeremiah 51:53
KJVThough Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
WEBThough Babylon should mount up to the sky,
YLTBecause Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:54
KJVA sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
WEB“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
YLTA voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
Jeremiah 51:55
KJVBecause the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
WEBFor Yahweh lays Babylon waste,
YLTFor Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.
Jeremiah 51:56
KJVBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
WEBFor the destroyer has come on her,
YLTFor come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.
Jeremiah 51:57
KJVAnd I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
WEBI will make her princes, her wise men,
YLTAnd I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not -- an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Jeremiah 51:58
KJVThus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
WEBYahweh of Armies says:
YLTThus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon -- The broad one -- is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!
Jeremiah 51:59
KJVThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
WEBThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.
YLTThe word that Jeremiah the prophet hath commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign -- and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
Jeremiah 51:60
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Jeremiah 51:61
KJVAnd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
WEBJeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
YLTAnd Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, `When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,
Jeremiah 51:62
KJVThen shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
WEBand say, ‘Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’
YLTand hast said: Jehovah, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.
Jeremiah 51:63
KJVAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
WEBIt will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
Jeremiah 51:64
KJVAnd thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
WEBThen you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’”
YLTand said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto [are] words of Jeremiah.
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