Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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?”

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. They will wonder about you: "Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who made kingdoms quake, 17 who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?' 18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

Cross References

Joel 2:3

"A fire blazes in their presence, and behind them a conflagration rages. Before they come, the land is like the garden in Eden; after they leave, there is only a barren wasteland. Indeed, nothing escapes them.

Isaiah 45:13

"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

2 Chronicles 28:8-15

The Israelis carried away 200,000 women, sons, and daughters from among their own relatives. They also took a great deal of plunder, and brought it all to Samaria.

Ezra 1:2-4

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA

Isaiah 13:19-22

Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them

Isaiah 58:6

Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Isaiah 64:10

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

Ezekiel 6:14

I'll stretch out my hands to strike them and send devastation to the land, from the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their dwelling places. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

Zephaniah 2:13-14

"And the LORD will attack the north, destroying Assyria. He will turn Nineveh into a desolate ruin, as dry as a desert wilderness.

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