Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Shout against her round about: she gave her hand: her supports fell, her walls were pulled down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: avenge ye upon her; as she did, do ye to her.

New American Standard Bible

“Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen,
Her walls have been torn down.
For this is the vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
As she has done to others, so do to her.

King James Version

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Holman Bible

Raise a war cry against her on every side!
She has thrown up her hands in surrender;
her defense towers have fallen;
her walls are demolished.
Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,
take out your vengeance on her;
as she has done, do the same to her.

International Standard Version

Raise a battle cry against her on every side. She has surrendered, her pillars have fallen, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

A Conservative Version

Shout against her round about. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks are fallen. Her walls are thrown down. For it is the vengeance of LORD. Take vengeance upon her. As she has done, do to her.

American Standard Version

Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Amplified


“Raise the battle cry against her on every side!
She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen,
Her walls have been torn down.
For this is the vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
As she has done [to others], do to her.

Bible in Basic English

Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.

Darby Translation

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand; her ramparts are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for this is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

King James 2000

Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations have fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do unto her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Raise a war cry against her on all sides. {She has surrendered}. Her towers have fallen, her walls are ruined. For this [is] the vengeance of Yahweh. Take revenge on her. As she has done [to others], [so] do to her.

Modern King James verseion

Shout against her all around. She has given her hand; her foundations have fallen, her walls have been thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Cry out: upon her, upon her, against her round about: she shall yield herself, her foundations shall fall, and her walls shall come down, for it shall be the vengeance of the LORD. Yea vengeance shall be taken of her, and as she hath done, so shall she be dealt withal.

NET Bible

Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the Lord, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done!

New Heart English Bible

Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

The Emphasized Bible

Raise a shout against her round about She hath stretched forth her hand, Fallen are her buttresses, Torn down are her walls, - Because, the avenging of Yahweh it is, Take ye vengeance upon her, As she hath done, do ye, unto her.

Webster

Shout against her on every side; she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do to her.

World English Bible

Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

Youngs Literal Translation

Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it is the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did -- do ye to her.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רוּע 
Ruwa` 
Usage: 45

סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

אשׁוּיה 
'ashuwyah 
Usage: 1

חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

for it is the vengeance
נקמה 
N@qamah 
Usage: 27

of the Lord

Usage: 0

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

14 Arrange yourselves against Babel round about: all ye bending the bow, cast at her, ye shall not spare to the arrow, for she sinned against Jehovah. 15 Shout against her round about: she gave her hand: her supports fell, her walls were pulled down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: avenge ye upon her; as she did, do ye to her. 16 Cut off him sowing from Babel, and him holding the sickle in time of harvest: from the face of the Grecian sword they shall turn a man to his people, and they shall flee a man to his land.



Cross References

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus said Jehovah of armies: The broad walls of Babel being demolished, shall be demolished, and her high gates shall be burnt in fire; the peoples shall labor in vain, the nations for the fire, and they shall be weary.

Jeremiah 46:10

And that the day to the Lord Jehovah of armies, a day of vengeance to be avenged of his adversaries: and the sword consumed and was satiated, and drunk their blood to the full; for a sacrifice to the Lord Jehovah of armies in the land of the north by the river Phrath.

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from the midst of Babel and save ye each his soul: ye shall not be destroyed in her iniquity: for it is the time of vengeance to Jehovah; he will do to her a recompense.

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as also she gave back to you, and double to her double things according to her works: in the cup in which she mixed, mix to her double.

1 Chronicles 29:24

And all the chiefs and the strong ones, and also all the sons of king David gave the hand under Solomon the king.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Now ye shall not harden your neck as your fathers; ye shall give the hand to Jehovah, and come ye into his holy place which he consecrated forever: and serve ye Jehovah your God, and he will turn back from you the burning of his anger.

Jeremiah 51:11

Polish the arrows; fill the quivers: Jehovah roused up the spirit of the kings of the Males: for his purpose is against Babel, to destroy her; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

Jeremiah 51:14

Jehovah of armies sware by his soul: That if I filled thee with men as with locusts, and they struck up a shout against thee.

Jeremiah 51:44

And I reviewed over Bel in Babel, and brought forth his swallowing from his mouth: and the nations shall no more flow to him: also the wall of Babel fell.

Lamentations 5:6

We gave the hand to Egypt, to Assur, to be filled with bread.

Deuteronomy 32:35

To me vengeance and requital; At the time their foot shall waver: For the day of their destruction is near, And he hastened things prepared for them

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I sharpened the lightning of my sword, And my hand shall lay hold upon judgment, I will turn back vengeance to mine adversaries, And to those hating me I will requite,

Deuteronomy 32:43

Rejoice ye nations with him, For he will raise up the blood of his servants, And he will turn back vengeance to his adversaries, And he will expiate for his land, his people.

Joshua 6:5

And it was in prolonging upon the horn of the jubilee in your hearing, the voice of the trumpet, and all the people shall shout a great shout: and the walls of the city shall fall under it, and the people went up each before him.

Joshua 6:20

And the people will shout and clang with the trumpets: and it will be as the people heard the voice of the trumpet, and the people will shout a great shout, and the wall will fall under it, and the people will go up to the city, each before him, and they will take the city.

Judges 1:6-7

And lord Bezek will flee, and they will pursue after him and take him; and they will cut off the thumbs of his hands and of his feet

1 Samuel 15:33

And Samuel will say, As thy sword bereaved women of children, so of women shall thy mother be bereaved of children. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

Psalm 94:1

O God of vengeance, O Jehovah God of vengeance, shine forth.

Psalm 137:8-9

O daughter of Babel laying waste; happy he recompensing to thee thy retribution thou didst to us

Psalm 149:7

To do vengeance upon the nations, chastisements upon the peoples.

Isaiah 59:17

And he will put on justice as a coat of mail, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and be will put on robes of vengeance a garment, and he will clothe himself with zeal as an upper garment

Isaiah 61:2

To call the year of acceptance to Jehovah, and the day of vengeance to our God; to comfort all those mourning;

Isaiah 63:4

For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redemption came.

Jeremiah 50:14

Arrange yourselves against Babel round about: all ye bending the bow, cast at her, ye shall not spare to the arrow, for she sinned against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 50:28-29

The voice of those fleeing and escaping out of the land of Babel, to announce in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.

Jeremiah 51:25

Behold me against thee, thou destroying mountain, says Jehovah, destroying all the earth: and I stretched out my hand upon thee, and I rolled thee from the rocks, and I gave thee for a burnt mountain.

Jeremiah 51:36

For this, thus said Jehovah: Behold me pleading thy cause, and I took vengeance with thy vengeance; and I dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.

Jeremiah 51:64

And thou saidst, Thus shall Babel sink, and shall not rise from the face of the evil which I bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Even to this the words of Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 17:18

And he despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand, and doing all these he shall not escape.

Ezekiel 21:22

In his right hand was the divination of Jerusalem, to set battering-rams, to open the mouth in breaking in pieces, to lift up the voice with a loud noise, to set battering-rams against the gates, to throw up a mound, to build a watch-tower.

Nahum 1:2

God is jealous and Jehovah avenging; Jehovah avenging and possessing wrath; Jehovah avenging to his adversaries and he keeping for his enemies.

Matthew 7:2

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.

Luke 21:22

For these are the days of vengeance, that all things having been written, should be completed.

Romans 3:5

And if our injustice shall recommend the justice of God, what shall we say God not unjust bringing in anger? (I speak as man)

Romans 12:19

Avenging not yourselves, beloved, but give ye place to anger: for it has been written, Vengeance to me; I will repay, says the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

In fire of flame giving vengeance to them not knowing God, and to them not listening to the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ:

James 2:13

For unpropitiated judgment to him not doing mercy; and mercy boasteth against judgment.

Revelation 16:6

For they poured out the blood of the holy, and of the prophets, and thou didst give them blood to drink i for they are worthy.

Revelation 19:2

For true and just his judgments: for he judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her harlotry, and he avenged the blood of his servants from her hand.

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