Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Set apart the nations for battle against her—
the kings of Media,
her governors and all her officials,
and all the lands they rule.

New American Standard Bible

Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes,
Their governors and all their prefects,
And every land of their dominion.

King James Version

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

International Standard Version

Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors, their prefects, and every land under their domination.

A Conservative Version

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors of it, and all the deputies of it, and all the land of their dominion.

American Standard Version

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.

Amplified


Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her—
The kings of Media,
With their governors and commanders,
And every land of their dominion.

Bible in Basic English

Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.

Darby Translation

Prepare nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their rulers, yea, all the land of their dominion.

Julia Smith Translation

Consecrate against her the nations, with the kings of the Medes, her prefects and all her rulers, and all the land of his dominion.

King James 2000

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, their captains, and all their rulers, and all the land of their dominion.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Prepare [the] nations for holy war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and all their officials, and every land of their dominion.

Modern King James verseion

Consecrate nations against her, with the kings of the Medes, her governors and all her rulers, and all the land of his kingdom.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Prepare against them the people of the Medes with their kings, princes and all their chief rulers; yea, and the whole land that is under them.

NET Bible

Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.

New Heart English Bible

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion.

The Emphasized Bible

Hallow against her - nations, With the kings of Media, With her governors and all her deputies, - And with all the land of his dominion:

Webster

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of Media, her captains, and all her rulers, and all the land of his dominion.

World English Bible

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion.

Youngs Literal Translation

Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קדשׁ 
Qadash 
Usage: 171

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

with the kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of the Medes
מדי 
Maday 
Usage: 16

the captains
פּחה 
Pechah 
Usage: 28

thereof, and all the rulers
סגן 
Cagan 
Usage: 17

thereof, and all the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

27 Raise a signal flag in the land;
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28 Set apart the nations for battle against her—
the kings of Media,
her governors and all her officials,
and all the lands they rule.
29 The earth quakes and trembles
because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand:
to make the land of Babylon an uninhabited desolation.



Cross References

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.

Genesis 10:2

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

1 Chronicles 1:5

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Esther 1:3

He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.

Esther 10:2

All of his powerful and magnificent accomplishments and the detailed account of Mordecai’s great rank to which the king had honored him, have they not been written in the Historical Records of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Isaiah 13:17

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who cannot be bought off with silver
and who have no desire for gold.

Isaiah 21:2

A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri,
all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of Media;

Jeremiah 51:27

Raise a signal flag in the land;
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

Daniel 5:28-30

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 6:8

Therefore, Your Majesty, establish the edict and sign the document so that, as a law of the Medes and Persians, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed.”

Daniel 8:3-4

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

Daniel 8:20

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

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