Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet. They break forth into singing.

New American Standard Bible

“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They break forth into shouts of joy.

King James Version

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Holman Bible

All the earth is calm and at rest;
people shout with a ringing cry.

International Standard Version

The entire earth is at rest and peace; its inhabitants break into song.

American Standard Version

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Amplified


“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They break into shouts of joy.

Bible in Basic English

All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

Darby Translation

The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Julia Smith Translation

All the earth rested, having quiet: they broke forth a rejoicing.

King James 2000

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of the earth rests [and] is quiet; they break forth [into] singing.

Modern King James verseion

All the earth is at rest and is quiet; they break out into singing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And therefore the whole world is at rest and quietness, and men sing for joy.

NET Bible

The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

New Heart English Bible

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.

The Emphasized Bible

Quiet, at rest, the whole earth, - Men have burst into shouting!

Webster

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

World English Bible

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.

Youngs Literal Translation

At rest -- quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth into singing.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The whole earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

is at rest
נוּח 
Nuwach 
Usage: 144

and is quiet
שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

פּצח 
Patsach 
Usage: 8

References

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

6 who smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. 7 The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet. They break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou are laid low, no hewer has come up against us.


Cross References

Psalm 126:1-3

When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Psalm 98:7-9

Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell in it.

Isaiah 49:13

Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains. For LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

Psalm 96:11-13

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.

Psalm 98:1

O sing to LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, has wrought salvation for him.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon. For the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says LORD.

Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her.

Revelation 19:1-6

And after these things I heard as a great sound of a large multitude in heaven, saying, Praise Lord, the salvation, and the power, and the glory of our God!

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