Jeremiah 51:55 Parallel Translations

The LORD will destroy Babylon. He will silence the loud noise coming from it. Waves of enemies will come roaring in like raging water. The noise will be heard everywhere.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

ASV:

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

BBE:

For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

DBY:

for Jehovah spoileth Babylon, and he will destroy out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice resoundeth.

ERV:

For the LORD spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered:

JPS:

For the LORD spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered;

WBS:

Because the LORD hath laid waste Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

WEB:

For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

YLT:

For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.

Jeremiah 51:55 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 18:4 The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.

Psalm 69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Psalm 124:2 "Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When men rose up against us,

Psalm 124:4 Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul;

Jeremiah 51:42 "The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

51:55 The great voice - The noises caused from multitudes of people walking up and trafficking together. A noise - The noise of her enemies that shall break in upon her shall be like the roaring of the sea.

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:

Babylon Billows Destroy Destroyed Destroyeth Destroys Din Enemies Forth Laid Layeth Laying Lays Loud Making Mighty Noise Noisy Putting Rage Raised Resound Resoundeth Roar Silence Sounded Sounding Sounds Spoiled Spoileth Spoiling Stilling Thundering Tumult Uttered Vanish Voice Voices Waste Waters Waves

Babylon Billows Destroy Destroyed Destroyeth Destroys Din End Enemies Forth Great Lays Loud Making Noise Noisy Putting Rage Raised Resound Roar Silence Sounded Sounding Sounds Spoiled Spoileth Spoiling Thundering Tumult Uttered Vanish Voice Voices Waste Waters Waves

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