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Bible in Basic English

There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:

New American Standard Bible

The sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

King James Version

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Holman Bible

The sound of a cry from Babylon!
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!

International Standard Version

"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

A Conservative Version

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

American Standard Version

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Amplified


The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon,
And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Darby Translation

The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of a cry from Babel, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans:

King James 2000

A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] sound of a cry for help from Babylon, and a great collapse from the land of [the] Chaldeans.

Modern King James verseion

A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great ruin from the land of the Chaldeans,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A piteous cry shall be heard from Babylon, and a great misery from the land of the Chaldeans:

NET Bible

Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

New Heart English Bible

"The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans."

The Emphasized Bible

A voice of outcry from Babylon! And a great crash from the land of the Chaldeans!

Webster

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

World English Bible

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Youngs Literal Translation

A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sound
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

of a cry
זעקה זעק 
Za`aq 
Usage: 18

בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

and great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

from the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

American

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

53 Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord. 54 There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans: 55 For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

Cross References

Jeremiah 50:22

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

Jeremiah 48:3-5

There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;

Jeremiah 50:46

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.

Isaiah 13:6-9

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.

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 50:43

The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

Zephaniah 1:10

And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;

Revelation 18:17-19

For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

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