Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

New American Standard Bible

O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your end.

King James Version

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Holman Bible

You who reside by many waters,
rich in treasures,
your end has come,
your life thread is cut.

International Standard Version

You who live beside many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, your life thread is cut.

A Conservative Version

O thou who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end has come, the measure of thy covetousness.

American Standard Version

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

Amplified


[O Babylon] you who live by many waters,
Rich in treasures,
Your end has come,
And the line measuring your life is cut.

Darby Translation

Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.

Julia Smith Translation

Dwelling upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end came, the measure of thy plunder.

King James 2000

O you that dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[O you who] live by mighty waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, {the measure of your life}.

Modern King James verseion

O you who live on many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your unjust gain.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O thou that dwellest by the great waters, O thou that hast so great treasure and riches, thine end is come: and the reckoning of thy winnings.

NET Bible

"You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off.

New Heart English Bible

You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

The Emphasized Bible

O thou who dwellest upon many waters, Who aboundest in treasures, - Come hath thine end! The measure of thine unrighteous gain!

Webster

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

World English Bible

You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
O thou that dwellest
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

אוצר 
'owtsar 
Usage: 79

קץ 
Qets 
Usage: 67

is come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

and the measure
אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

12 Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon. 13 O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended. 14 The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.



Cross References

Revelation 17:1

And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;

Isaiah 45:3

And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.

Revelation 17:15

And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

Jeremiah 51:36

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Jeremiah 50:27

Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 50:31

See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.

Jeremiah 50:37

A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

Lamentations 4:18

They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.

Ezekiel 7:2-12

And you, son of man, say, This is what the Lord has said to the land of Israel: An end has come, the end has come on the four quarters of the land.

Daniel 5:26

This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.

Amos 8:2

And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.

Habakkuk 2:5-11

A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

Luke 12:19-21

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

2 Peter 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

2 Peter 2:14-15

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

Jude 1:11-13

A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

Revelation 18:11-17

And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,

Revelation 18:19

And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.

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