Parallel Verses
Amplified
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.
New American Standard Bible
And great destruction.
King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Holman Bible
a great destruction.
International Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
A Conservative Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
American Standard Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Bible in Basic English
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
Darby Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of war in the land, and a great breaking.
King James 2000
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sound of battle [is] in the land, and great destruction.
Modern King James verseion
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is gone about the land a cry of a slaughter and great murder, namely on this manner:
NET Bible
The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.
New Heart English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.
Webster
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
World English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
A noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
21
“Go against [Babylon] the land of Merathaim (Double Rebellion),
Go up against it and against the people of Pekod (Punishment).
Kill and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord,
“And do everything that I have commanded you.”
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.
“How the hammer of the whole earth
Is crushed and broken!
How Babylon has become
A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19-21
My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;
I cannot be silent,
For you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 51:54-56
The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon,
And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Isaiah 21:2-4
A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!
All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.