Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
King James Version
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Holman Bible
the praise
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
International Standard Version
"How Sheshak will be captured, and the prince of all the earth seized! How Babylon will become an object of horror among the nations!
A Conservative Version
How Sheshach is taken, and the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
American Standard Version
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Amplified
“How Sheshak (Babylon) has been captured,
And the praise of the whole earth been seized!
How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and an object of horror among the nations!
Bible in Basic English
How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!
Darby Translation
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Julia Smith Translation
How was Sheshach taken and the praise of all the earth will be seized; how was Babel for a desolation among the nations!
King James 2000
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Lexham Expanded Bible
How Sheshach is captured, and the glory of all the earth is seized! How Babylon has become as an [object of] horror among the nations!
Modern King James verseion
How Sheshach is captured! And how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how was Sheshach won? O, how was the glory of the whole land taken? How happeneth it that Babylon is so wondered at among the Heathen?
NET Bible
"See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
New Heart English Bible
How is Sheshach taken. and the praise of the whole earth seized. How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations.
The Emphasized Bible
How hath Sheshach, been captured! How hath the praise of all the earth linen seized! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Webster
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
World English Bible
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Youngs Literal Translation
How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
Themes
Babylon » Remarkable for » National greatness
Babylon » Empire of » Sheshach
Persia » Prophecies concerning
Sheshach » A symbolical name, apparently applied to the city of babylon
Interlinear
'erets
Shammah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats.
41
And
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:26
all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another-all the kingdoms of the earth. Last of all, the king of Sheshach will drink from the cup.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 49:25
I once was pleased with your famous city. But now I warn you: Escape while you still can!
Deuteronomy 28:37
You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.
2 Chronicles 7:21
Everyone passing by this impressive Temple will be appalled. They will ask: Why did Jehovah do these things to this land and to this Temple?
Isaiah 14:4
You will mock the king of Babylon with this saying: How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!
Jeremiah 50:23
The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!
Jeremiah 50:46
The earth will quake at the news, Babylon has been captured! Its cry will be heard among the nations.
Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
Ezekiel 27:35
All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance.
Daniel 2:38
He gave the children of men, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens to your hand. He made you the ruler over them all! You are the head of gold.
Daniel 4:22
It is you O king! You have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown, and reaches to heaven. Your dominion is to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 5:1-5
King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine with them.
Revelation 18:10-19
They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'