Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

New American Standard Bible

The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

King James Version

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Holman Bible

The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.

International Standard Version

He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust.

A Conservative Version

And the high fortress of thy walls he has brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

American Standard Version

And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Amplified


The high fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

Bible in Basic English

And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

Darby Translation

And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.

Julia Smith Translation

And the fortress of the height of thy walls shall be brought low; be humbled, be struck to the earth, even to the dust.

King James 2000

And the fortress of the high fort of your walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls; he will bring [it] low; he will {send it} to the ground, to [the] dust.

Modern King James verseion

And the fortress of the high fort of your walls He will lay low, bring to the ground, to the dust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The stronghold also, and defense of thy walls hath he overthrown and cast down: and brought them to the ground, even into the dust.

New Heart English Bible

He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down - Laid low - Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.

Webster

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

World English Bible

He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused it to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מבצרה מבצר 
Mibtsar 
Usage: 37

of the high fort
משׂגּב 
Misgab 
Usage: 17

of thy walls
חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

and bring
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

to the ground
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Easton

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Hastings

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Context Readings

Death Will Be Swallowed Up

11 Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the Lord will bring down Moab's pride as it spreads its hands. 12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:5

Indeed, the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

Isaiah 13:19-22

Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

Isaiah 14:23

"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.

Isaiah 15:1

Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the Lord who rules over all says, "Babylon's thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed."

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, 'In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.'" The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

Hebrews 11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.

Revelation 18:21

Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!

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