Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is gone about the land a cry of a slaughter and great murder, namely on this manner:
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.
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.
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 down, O thou avenger, into the enemies' land, and visit them that dwell therein: down with them, and smite them upon the backs, sayeth the LORD. Do according to all, that I have commanded thee. 22 There is gone about the land a cry of a slaughter and great murder, namely on this manner: 23 How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole world is thus broken and bruised in sunder? How chanceth it that Babylon is become a wilderness among the Heathen on this manner?
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19-21
"Ah, my belly! Ah, my belly!" shalt thou cry, "how is my heart so sore?" My heart panteth within me, I cannot be still, for I have heard the crying of the trumpets, and peals of war.
Jeremiah 51:54-56
A piteous cry shall be heard from Babylon, and a great misery from the land of the Chaldeans:
Isaiah 21:2-4
Whoso may deceive, said the voice, let him deceive: Who so may destroy, let him destroy. Up Elam, besiege it O Media, for I will still all their groanings.