Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
New American Standard Bible
For a nation has come up against her out of the
King James Version
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
International Standard Version
For a nation from the north will go up against her. It will make her land into an object of horror, and no one will live in it. Both people and animals will wander off, and they'll leave.
A Conservative Version
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein. They are fled. They are gone, both man and beast.
American Standard Version
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.
Amplified
For out of the north a nation (Media) has come against her which will make her land desolate, and no one will live there. They have fled, they have gone away—both man and animal.
Bible in Basic English
For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.
Darby Translation
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: both man and beast are fled; they are gone.
Julia Smith Translation
For a nation came up from the north against her; it shall set her land for a desolation, and none shall be dwelling in her: from man and even to beast they moved, and they went
King James 2000
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they shall move, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a nation will come up against her from [the] north. It will make her land as a horror, and an inhabitant will not be in her. From humans to animals they [all] will wander [off]. They will go [away].
Modern King James verseion
For out of the north a nation comes up against her, which shall make her land a desert, and none shall dwell in it. They shall flee, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For out of the north there shall come a people against her, which shall make her land so waste that nobody shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast; for they shall flee and depart from thence.
NET Bible
For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.'
New Heart English Bible
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
The Emphasized Bible
For there hath come up against her - a nation out of the North The same, shall make her land an astonishment, And there shall be none to dwell therein, - Both man and beast, have removed - have gone.
Webster
For out of the north there cometh a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it, they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
World English Bible
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
Youngs Literal Translation
For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
2
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.
Phrases
Cross References
Zephaniah 1:3
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
and the fish of the sea,
and the ruins
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 50:9
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled
who does not return empty-handed.
Jeremiah 51:11
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:62
You must say, ‘Lord, You have threatened to cut off
Genesis 6:7
Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.”
Exodus 12:12
“I will pass through
Isaiah 13:5-10
from the distant horizon—
the Lord and the weapons of His wrath—
to destroy the whole country.
Isaiah 13:17-22
who cannot be bought off with
and who have no desire for gold.
Isaiah 14:22-24
“I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, My anger—My burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place,
Jeremiah 21:6
I will strike the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a great plague.
Jeremiah 50:12-13
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all
a dry land, a wilderness,
Jeremiah 50:35-41
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
Jeremiah 51:8-9
Wail for her;
get balm
perhaps she can be healed.
Jeremiah 51:25-27
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
Jeremiah 51:37-44
a jackals’ den,
a desolation and an object of scorn,
without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:48
will shout for joy
because the destroyers from the north
will come against her.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Revelation 18:21-23
Then a mighty angel
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.