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Judgment on Babylon

Jeremiah 51:4

In 11 translations

BSB
And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.That is, the Babylonians; also in verse 54
KJV
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
WEB
They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
ASV
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
LSV
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, || And the pierced-through in her streets.
YLT
And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
DBY
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
DRC
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.
GNV
Thus the slaine shall fall in the lande of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.
JPS
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
LXXE28:4
And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and men pierced through shall fall without it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנָפְל֥וּ חֲלָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br28:4
Καὶ πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων, καὶ κατακεκεντημένοι ἔξωθεν αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 49:26For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  • Jeremiah 50:30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
  • Isaiah 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
  • Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
  • 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.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 28:4 in some Bibles
  • 51:4 in most Bibles

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