Babylon’s Punishment
Jeremiah 51:32
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
- KJV
- And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- WEB
- So the passages are seized. They have burned the reeds with fire. The men of war are frightened.”
- ASV
- and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- LSV
- And the passages have been captured, || And they have burned the reeds with fire, || And the men of war have been troubled.
- YLT
- And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
- DBY
- and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- DRC
- And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- GNV
- And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes burnt with fire, and the me of war troubled.
- JPS
- And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- LXXE28:32
- At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְאֶת־הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה נִבְהָֽלוּ׃
- LXX-Br28:32
- Ἀπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν διαβάσεων αὐτοῦ ἐλήφθησαν, καὶ τὰ συστήματα αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ οἱ πολεμισταὶ ἐξέρχονται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 50:37–38A 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. A drought is upon her waters, and…
- Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
- Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:32 in some Bibles
- 51:32 in most Bibles