Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"I'll kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."
New American Standard Bible
And it will devour the
King James Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
Holman Bible
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
A Conservative Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
American Standard Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amplified
“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will consume the palaces of
Bible in Basic English
And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.
Darby Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, and it consumed the palaces of the son of Hadad.
King James 2000
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Ben-hadad."
Modern King James verseion
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, which shall consume the palace of Benhadad."
NET Bible
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad."
New Heart English Bible
"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad."
The Emphasized Bible
Then will I kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, - And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Webster
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
World English Bible
I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 49:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Damascus
26 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will be silenced on that day," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. 27 "I'll kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad." 28 To Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed: This is what the LORD says: "Arise, go against Kedar! Plunder the people of the east!
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 15:18-20
But Asa removed all the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord's Temple and from his royal palace, placed them into the care of some servants, and then sent them to Tabrimmon's son King Ben-hadad of Aram, the grandson of Hezion, who lived in Damascus.
Amos 1:3-5
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Damascus and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they have trampled down Gilead with ironclad threshing sleds.
1 Kings 20:1-22
A little while later, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered an army of cavalry and chariots in a military confederacy with 32 kings, invaded Samaria, and set up siege encampments there.
2 Kings 13:3
As a result, the LORD's wrath flared up against Israel, so he handed them over to domination by King Hazael of Aram and later into constant domination by Hazael's son Ben-hadad.
2 Kings 13:5
The LORD provided Israel with a deliverer, so they escaped the Aramean oppression while the descendants of Israel lived in tents as they had formerly.
Jeremiah 43:12
He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their idols and take them captive. He will wrap himself with the land of Egypt like a shepherd wraps himself with a garment, and then he will leave from there in peace.