Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For it is a land of
And they are mad over fearsome idols.
King James Version
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Holman Bible
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.
International Standard Version
A drought against her waters. They'll dry up. For it's a land of idols, and they go mad over their terrifying images.
A Conservative Version
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
American Standard Version
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
Amplified
“A drought on her waters, and they will dry up!
For it is a land of [worthless] idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].
Bible in Basic English
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
Darby Translation
a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols.
Julia Smith Translation
A sword upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: for it is a land of carved images, and in their terrors they will be foolish.
King James 2000
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad over their idols.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A drought [will come] against her waters, and they will dry up, for it [is] a land of images, and because of the frightful [objects], they act like madmen.
Modern King James verseion
A drought is on her waters; and they shall be dried up. For it is the land of idols, and they act madly with idols.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sword upon their waters: so that they shall be dried up. For the land worshippeth images, and delighteth in strange wonderful things.
NET Bible
A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.
New Heart English Bible
A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over idols.
The Emphasized Bible
A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up, - For a land of images, it is, And with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad:
Webster
A drouth is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
World English Bible
A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
Youngs Literal Translation
A sword is on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it is a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.
Themes
Babylon » Inhabitants of » Idolatrous
Idolatry » They who practice » Are mad upon it
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
37
A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.
38
For it is a land of
And they are mad over fearsome idols.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:27
I say to the watery deep: 'Be a waste and I will dry up your rivers!'
Jeremiah 50:2
Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say: 'Babylon has been captured. Bel has been put to shame. Marduk has been shattered! Her images have been put to shame and her idols have been shattered.'
Jeremiah 51:47
That is why the days are coming when I will punish Babylon's idols. The whole country will be put to shame, and all its soldiers will lie dead.
Jeremiah 51:52
That is why the days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will punish their idols, and those who are wounded will moan everywhere in the land.
Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.
Isaiah 44:25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
Isaiah 46:1-7
Bel bows down and Nebo stoops low. Their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome. They are a burden for the weary.
Jeremiah 50:12
But your mother will be greatly ashamed. The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced. Babylon, you will be the least important nation. You will become a parched desert.
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.
Jeremiah 51:32-36
The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified.
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed. Nations will no longer stream to Babylon. Its walls will fall.
Daniel 3:1-30
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold. He set it up in the plain of Dura, the province of Babylon. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide.
Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?
Acts 17:16
Paul waited for them at Athens. His spirit was irritated within him when he saw the city full of idols.
Revelation 17:5
A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.
Revelation 17:15-16
He says to me: The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages.