Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
While you yourself were not aware;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in
King James Version
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
International Standard Version
I'll set a trap for you, and you will be caught, Babylon, but you don't realize it. You will be found and also seized, because you challenged the LORD!
A Conservative Version
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou are also taken, O Babylon, and thou were not aware. Thou are found, and also caught, because thou have striven against LORD.
American Standard Version
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.
Amplified
“I set a trap for you and you also were caught, O Babylon,
And you did not know it;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have struggled against the Lord.”
Bible in Basic English
I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.
Darby Translation
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
I laid snares for thee and also thou wert taken, O Babel, and thou knewest not: thou wert found and thou wert also taken, for thou didst contend against Jehovah.
King James 2000
I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have contended against the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I laid a bird snare for you, and you were caught, Babylon. But you yourself [did] not know. You were discovered and seized, because with Yahweh you measured yourself.
Modern King James verseion
I have laid a trap for you, and you are also captured, O Babylon, and you did not know. You were found and also caught, because you have fought against Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I myself have laid wait for thee, and thou art taken. Unawares art thou trapped and snared. For why, thou hast provoked the LORD unto anger:
NET Bible
I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.
New Heart English Bible
I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
I laid a snare for thee yea and thou wast captured O Babylon, when, thou wast not aware, - Thou wast found out yea and taken, For with Yahweh, hadst thou contended.
Webster
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
World English Bible
I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
23
is cut down and smashed!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.
and brought out His weapons of wrath,
because it is a task of the Lord God of Hosts
in the land of the Chaldeans.
Cross References
Job 9:4
Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?
Daniel 5:30-31
That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,
Job 40:2
Let him who argues with God give an answer.
Job 40:9
Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man certainly does not know his time:
Isaiah 13:11
and their own iniquity,
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant
and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
Isaiah 21:3-5
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Isaiah 45:9
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
Jeremiah 51:8
Wail for her;
get balm
perhaps she can be healed.
Jeremiah 51:31-39
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.
Jeremiah 51:57
along with her governors, officials, and warriors.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god
Revelation 18:7-8
give her that much torment and grief,
for she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”