Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
or a foundation stone from you,
because you will become desolate forever.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be
King James Version
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
International Standard Version
They won't get a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will be a wasteland forever," declares the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shall be desolate forever, says LORD.
American Standard Version
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“They will not take from you [even] a stone for a cornerstone
Nor any rock for a foundation,
But you will be
Bible in Basic English
And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, and a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolations forever, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate forever, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will not take from you a stone for a corner, and a stone for a foundation, for you will be {an everlasting desolation}," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And they shall not take a stone from you for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be a waste forever, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that neither cornerstones, nor pinnacles, nor foundation stones shall be taken any more out of thee, but waste and desolate shalt thou lie for evermore, sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall they not fetch from thee A stone for a corner nor A stone for a foundation, - For desolations age-abiding, shalt thou become Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
Laqach
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
25
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.
or a foundation stone from you,
because you will become desolate forever.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm
Cross References
Isaiah 13:19-22
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
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 51:43
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.
Isaiah 14:23
“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls,
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Isaiah 34:8-17
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
Jeremiah 50:40-41
and their neighboring towns
this is the Lord’s declaration—
so no one will live there;
no human being will even stay in it
as a temporary resident.
Jeremiah 51:29
because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand:
to make the land of Babylon an uninhabited desolation.
Jeremiah 51:37
a jackals’ den,
a desolation and an object of scorn,
without inhabitant.
Revelation 18:20-24
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has executed your judgment on her!