Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

King James Version

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Holman Bible

The sound of a cry from Babylon!
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!

International Standard Version

"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

A Conservative Version

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

American Standard Version

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Amplified


The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon,
And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Bible in Basic English

There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:

Darby Translation

The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of a cry from Babel, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans:

King James 2000

A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] sound of a cry for help from Babylon, and a great collapse from the land of [the] Chaldeans.

Modern King James verseion

A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great ruin from the land of the Chaldeans,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A piteous cry shall be heard from Babylon, and a great misery from the land of the Chaldeans:

NET Bible

Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

New Heart English Bible

"The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans."

The Emphasized Bible

A voice of outcry from Babylon! And a great crash from the land of the Chaldeans!

Webster

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

World English Bible

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Youngs Literal Translation

A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sound
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

of a cry
זעקה זעק 
Za`aq 
Usage: 18

בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

and great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

from the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

American

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

53 “Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,
From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord.
54 The sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud noise vanish from her.
And their waves will roar like many waters;
The tumult of their voices sounds forth.



Cross References

Jeremiah 50:22

“The noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.

Jeremiah 48:3-5

“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Devastation and great destruction!’

Jeremiah 50:46

At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations.

Isaiah 13:6-9

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;
Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their ruin.

Jeremiah 50:27

Put all her young bulls to the sword;
Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their day has come,
The time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 50:43

“The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.

Zephaniah 1:10

“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“There will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate,
A wail from the Second Quarter,
And a loud crash from the hills.

Revelation 18:17-19

for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,

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