Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

King James Version

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Holman Bible

They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.”

International Standard Version

They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them."

A Conservative Version

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

American Standard Version

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Amplified

They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

Bible in Basic English

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

Darby Translation

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Julia Smith Translation

And they drank and they staggered, and they were mad from the face of the sword which I sent in the midst of them.

King James 2000

And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they will drink, and they will stagger, and they will act like madmen because of the {presence} of the sword that I [am] sending among them."

Modern King James verseion

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be maddened, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that when they have drunken thereof, they may be mad, and out of their wits, when the sword cometh that I will send among them.'

NET Bible

When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."

New Heart English Bible

They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them."

The Emphasized Bible

Yea they shall drink and reel to and fro and act as madmen, because of the sword which I am sending between them.

Webster

And they shall drink, and be moved, and enraged, because of the sword that I will send among them.

World English Bible

They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

and be moved
גּעשׁ 
Ga`ash 
Usage: 9

and be mad
הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

that I will send
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

References

Context Readings

The Cup Of God's Wrath

15 Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” 17 So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it:

Cross References

Nahum 3:11

You also will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.

Jeremiah 25:27

"Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.'

Jeremiah 51:39

While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the LORD.

Lamentations 3:15

He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

Ezekiel 23:32-34

Thus says the Lord GOD: "You shall drink your sister's cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;

Revelation 14:8

Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."

Revelation 14:10

he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 16:9-11

They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 18:3

For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living."

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