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The Burden against Babylon

Isaiah 13:17

In 11 translations

BSB
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
KJV
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
WEB
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
ASV
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
LSV
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, || Who do not esteem silver, || And gold—they do not delight in it.
YLT
Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.
DBY
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
DRC
Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
GNV
Beholde, I will stirre vp the Medes against them, which shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde.
JPS
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
LXXE
Behold, I will stir up against you the Medes, who do not regard silver, neither have they need of gold.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ ἐπεγείρω ὑμῖν τοὺς Μήδους, οἳ ἀργύριον οὐ λογίζονται, οὐδὲ χρυσίου χρείαν ἔχουσι.

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  • Daniel 5:28–31PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.” Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the…
  • Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
  • Jeremiah 51:27–28“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like…
  • Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors…
  • Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
  • Proverbs 6:34–35For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
  • Isaiah 13:3–5I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the…
  • Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

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