Jeremiah 51:31 Parallel Translations

Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

ASV:

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

BBE:

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

DBY:

Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;

ERV:

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

JPS:

One post runneth to meet another, and one messenger to meet an other, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter;

WBS:

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

WEB:

One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

YLT:

Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.

Jeremiah 51:31 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Please let me run and bring the king news that the LORD has freed him from the hand of his enemies."

2 Chronicles 30:6 The couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, "O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at {r} [one] end,
(r) By turning the course of the river one side was made open and the reeds that grew in the water were destroyed which Cyrus did by the counsel of Gobria and Gabatha Belshazzar's captains.

WES:

51:31 At one end - Cyrus entered the city at one end, by the channel of the river, which he had drained, and surprized Belshazzar in the midst of his feast.

MHC:

51:1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Re 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.

CONC:

Announce Announcer Babylon Captured Courier Entire Extremity Follows Goes Handing Meet Messenger Met News Post Quarter Run Runner Runneth Running Runs Shew Town

Announce Babylon Captured City Courier End Entire Extremity Follows Goes Handing Meet Messenger Met News Post Quarter Run Runner Runneth Running Runs Shew Show Side Word

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