Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

you will lift up this song of mockery against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker has ceased!

New American Standard Bible

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

King James Version

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Holman Bible

you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon and say:

How the oppressor has quieted down,
and how the raging has become quiet!

A Conservative Version

that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

American Standard Version

that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Amplified

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence],
And how the fury has ceased!

Bible in Basic English

That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;

Darby Translation

that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!

Julia Smith Translation

And thou tookest up this parable against the king of Babel, and thou saidst, How did he oppressing, cease! oppression ceased.

King James 2000

That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Lexham Expanded Bible

that you will take this taunt against the king of Babylon, and you will say: "How [the] oppressor has ceased! [his] insolence has ceased.

Modern King James verseion

you shall take up this song against the king of Babylon and say, How the exacter, the gold gatherer has ceased!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end?

NET Bible

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

New Heart English Bible

that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased. How the attacker has ceased."

The Emphasized Bible

that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say: - How hath ceased the oppressor! Ceased the exactress!

Webster

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

World English Bible

that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"

Youngs Literal Translation

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
That thou shalt take up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 39

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Babylon
בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

and say

Usage: 0

שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

the golden city
מדהבה 
Madhebah 
Usage: 1

References

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

3 At the time, when the LORD gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve, 4 you will lift up this song of mockery against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker has ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

Cross References

Isaiah 49:26

"I'll make those who mistreat you eat their own flesh, and they will get drunk on their own blood, as with new wine. "Then all mankind will know that I am the LORD your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

Revelation 18:16

"How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet and was adorned with gold, gems, and pearls,

2 Chronicles 36:18

who took back to Babylon every article in God's Temple, whether large or small, including the treasuries of the LORD's Temple, the king's assets, and those of his officers.

Isaiah 9:4

Now as to the yoke that has been his burden, and the bar laid on his shoulder the rod of his oppressor you have broken it as on the day of Midian.

Isaiah 13:19

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

Isaiah 14:6

that struck down nations in anger with unceasing blows, that oppressed nations in fury with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 14:17

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

Isaiah 45:2-3

"I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

Isaiah 47:5

"Sit silent, and enter into the darkness, you daughter of the Chaldeans; for no more will they call you Queen of Kingdoms.

Isaiah 51:23

But I will put it into the hands of those who tormented and oppressed you, those who said to you, "Lie down, so we can step over you,' so that you had to make your back like the ground, and like a street for them to walk over."

Jeremiah 24:9

I'll make them into a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth; into a cause for contempt, into a byword, into a taunt, and into a curse in all the places to which I drive them.

Jeremiah 25:9-14

I'm now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the LORD, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I'll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I'll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 27:6-7

Now I've given all these lands to my servant, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I've even given him the wild animals to serve him.

Jeremiah 50:22-23

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

Jeremiah 51:20-24

"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.

Jeremiah 51:34-35

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me. He set me down like an empty vessel. He swallowed me like a monster, and filled his belly with my delicacies. Then he washed me away.

Lamentations 4:1

How tarnished the gold has become, the finest gold debased! Sacred stones have been scattered at every street corner.

Ezekiel 5:15

As a result, Jerusalem will become an insult, an object of taunt, an example of chastisement, and a useless waste to all the nations that surround you when I carry out my sentence against you in my anger, my burning rage, and my burning rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken it.

Daniel 2:38

so that wherever people, wild animals, or birds of the sky live, he has placed them under your control, giving you dominion over them all you're that head of gold.

Daniel 7:19-25

"I wanted to learn the precise significance of the fourth animal that was different from all the others, extremely awe-inspiring, with iron teeth and bronze claws, and that had devoured and crushed things, trampling under its feet whatever remained.

Habakkuk 1:2-10

"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.

Habakkuk 2:6-12

"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'

Habakkuk 2:17

Indeed, the violence done to Lebanon will overtake you, and the destruction of the beasts will terrorize you because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it."

Revelation 13:15-17

The second beast was allowed to impart life to the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could talk and order the execution of those who would not worship the image of the beast.

Revelation 16:5-6

Then I heard the angel in charge of the water say, "You are just. You are the one who is and who was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. I was very surprised when I saw her.

Revelation 18:5-8

For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

Revelation 18:20

Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!"

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