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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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  • 28:32 in some Bibles
  • 51:32 in most Bibles

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