Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her rulers, and upon her wise men.

New American Standard Bible

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her officials and her wise men!

King James Version

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Holman Bible

A sword is over the Chaldeans—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.

International Standard Version

A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the LORD, "and against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and her wise men.

American Standard Version

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Amplified


“A sword against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her princes (officials, civic rulers) and against her wise men (astrologers, religious rulers)!

Bible in Basic English

A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.

Darby Translation

The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;

Julia Smith Translation

A sword upon the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and to the inhabitants of Babel and to her chiefs, and to her wise.

King James 2000

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A sword against [the] Chaldeans," {declares} Yahweh, "and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials, and against her wise men.

Modern King James verseion

A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers, and on her wise men.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sword shall come upon the Chaldeans, sayeth the LORD; upon them that dwell in Babylon; upon their princes; and upon their wise men.

NET Bible

"Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians," says the Lord. "They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.

New Heart English Bible

A sword is on the Chaldeans," says the LORD, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on her wise men.

The Emphasized Bible

A sword, is over the Chaldeans, Declareth Yahweh, - And against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes, And against her wise men:

Webster

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

World English Bible

A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.

Youngs Literal Translation

A sword is for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

is upon the Chaldeans
כּשׂדּימה כּשׂדּי 
Kasdiy 
Usage: 81

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

the Lord

Usage: 0

and upon the inhabitants
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

of Babylon
בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

and upon her wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

34 Their Redeemer is strong. LORD of hosts is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her rulers, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools. A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.



Cross References

Jeremiah 47:6

O thou sword of LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard. Rest, and be still.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make drunk her rulers and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is LORD of hosts.

Daniel 5:1-2

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Daniel 5:7-8

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with p

Daniel 5:30

In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

Leviticus 26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant, and ye shall be gathered together within your cities. And I will send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enem

Isaiah 19:11-13

The rulers of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How will ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings?

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder. {I will destroy the wisdom of the wise (LXX/NT)}, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up him from the north, and he has come, him who calls upon my name from the rising of the sun. And he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad, who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 47:13-14

Thou are wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

Isaiah 66:16

For by fire LORD will execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh, and the slain of LORD shall be many.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 10:7

Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? For to thee it appertains, inasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like thee.

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all her bullocks. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says LORD.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are heated, I will make their feast. And I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says LORD.

Ezekiel 14:2

And the word of LORD came to me, saying,

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be entirely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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