Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’

King James Version

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Holman Bible

who turned the world into a wilderness,
who destroyed its cities
and would not release the prisoners to return home?”

International Standard Version

who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?'

A Conservative Version

who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?

American Standard Version

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Amplified


Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’

Bible in Basic English

Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

Darby Translation

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

Julia Smith Translation

Setting the habitable globe as a desert, and destroying its cities: for his bound opening not the house.

King James 2000

That made the world like a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Lexham Expanded Bible

who made [the] world like the desert and destroyed its cities, [who] would not let his prisoners go home?'

Modern King James verseion

who made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house for his prisoners?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Is this he that made the world in a manner waste, and laid the cities to the ground, which let not his prisoners go home?"

NET Bible

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'

New Heart English Bible

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who did not release his prisoners to their home?"

The Emphasized Bible

Who made the world like a desert And its cities, brake down? Its prisoners, he loosed not. Bach one to his home.

Webster

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

World English Bible

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"

Youngs Literal Translation

He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

the world
תּבל 
Tebel 
Usage: 36

as a wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

the cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

not the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

References

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

16 Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’
18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;

Cross References

Joel 2:3

Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.

Isaiah 45:13

I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward," says the LORD of hosts.

2 Chronicles 28:8-15

The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.

Ezra 1:2-4

"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Isaiah 13:19-22

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.

Isaiah 58:6

"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Ezekiel 6:14

And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

Zephaniah 2:13-14

And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.

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