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 This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: 'Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from 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 Jehovah's hand. I made all the nations to whom Jehovah sent me drink from it.

Cross References

Nahum 3:11

Nineveh, you will stagger like a drunk. You will disappear. You will look for a fortress to escape from the enemy.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.

Jeremiah 25:27

Jehovah said: 'Say to them, This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up because of the wars that I am going to send you.'

Jeremiah 51:39

When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet and make them drunk, that they may become jubilant. Then they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up, declares Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:15

He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure.

Lamentations 4:21

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

Ezekiel 23:32-34

The Lord Jehovah says this: 'You will drink your sister's cup, which is deep and wide. You will be laughed at and held in derision; it contains much.

Revelation 14:8

Another angel followed, saying: Babylon the great has fallen. She has fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Revelation 14:10

the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 16:9-11

Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 18:3

All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are very rich through the abundance of her luxury.

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