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Judgment on Babylon

Jeremiah 51:13

In 11 translations

BSB
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
KJV
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
WEB
You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
ASV
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
LSV
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, || Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest gain.
YLT
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
DBY
Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.
DRC
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction.
GNV
O thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine ende is come, euen the ende of thy couetousnes.
JPS
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
LXXE28:13
dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שֹׁכַנְתְּי֙; read aloud (Qere) reads שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙ (“O [one who] dwells”).
  • Written (Ketiv): שֹׁכַנְתִּי. Read aloud (Qere): שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙ (“O [one who] dwells”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שכנתי עַל־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים רַבַּ֖ת אֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת בָּ֥א קִצֵּ֖ךְ אַמַּ֥ת בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃Read aloud as (qere): שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙
LXX-Br28:13
κατασκηνοῦντας ἐφʼ ὕδασι πολλοῖς, καὶ ἐπὶ πλήθει θησαυρῶν αὐτῆς· ἥκει τὸ πέρας σου ἀληθῶς εἰς τὰ σπλάγχνα σου.

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  • Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
  • Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  • Isaiah 45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  • Jeremiah 51:36Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  • Genesis 6:13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
  • Jude 1:11–13Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with…
  • Habakkuk 2:5–11and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his…
  • Revelation 18:19Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”
  • Jeremiah 50:37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
  • Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  • Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
  • Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
  • Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
  • Ezekiel 7:2–12“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you…
  • 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
  • Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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  • 28:13 in some Bibles
  • 51:13 in most Bibles

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