Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.

King James Version

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Holman Bible

The sound of war is in the land
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.

Amplified


“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sound
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

of battle
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

is in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and of great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it and against the inhabitants of Pekod; waste and utterly destroy after them, said the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 “The noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the Gentiles!

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:19-21

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 51:54-56

The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Isaiah 21:2-4

A grievous vision is shown unto me. For one who is treacherous, another who deals treacherously, and for one destroyer, another destroyer. Rise up, Elam; besiege Media; all the sighing thereof I have made to cease.

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