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The Destruction of Babylon

Jeremiah 50:36

In 11 translations

BSB
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
KJV
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.liars: or, chief stays: Heb. bars
WEB
A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
ASV
A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
LSV
A sword [is] on the princes, || And they have become foolish; A sword [is] on her mighty ones, || And they have been broken down;
YLT
A sword [is] on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword [is] on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;
DBY
the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;
DRC
A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall be dismayed.
GNV
A sworde is vpon the soothsaiers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her strong men, and they shalbe afraide.
JPS
A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
LXXE27:36
a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots:

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WLC
חֶ֥רֶב אֶל־הַבַּדִּ֖ים וְנֹאָ֑לוּ חֶ֥רֶב אֶל־גִּבּוֹרֶ֖יהָ וָחָֽתּוּ׃
LXX-Br27:36
Μάχαιραν ἐπὶ τοὺς μαχητὰς αὐτῆς, καὶ παραλυθήσονται· μάχαιραν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτῶν·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
  • Nahum 3:13Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
  • Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  • Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
  • Jeremiah 50:30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
  • Nahum 2:8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
  • Jeremiah 51:32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
  • Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  • Nahum 3:7Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
  • Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
  • Isaiah 43:14Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  • 1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
  • 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
  • Nahum 3:17–18Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where. O king of Assyria, your shepherds…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they…
  • Isaiah 47:10–15You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’ But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 27:36 in some Bibles
  • Content check: this verse spans KJV Jer.50.36 and Jer.50.37 (overlap 0.18 / 0.40).
  • Content check: this verse spans KJV Jer.50.36 and Jer.50.37 (overlap 0.18 / 0.40). (transferred from brenton)

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