Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
New American Standard Bible
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 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!
Bible in Basic English
There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:
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:
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
53 Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," says the Lord. 54 Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians. 55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon, and put an end to her loud noise. Their waves will roar like turbulent waters. They will make a deafening noise.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 50:22
The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:3-5
Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, 'Oh, the ruin and great destruction!'
Jeremiah 50:46
The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations."
Isaiah 13:6-9
Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished."
Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
Zephaniah 1:10
On that day," says the Lord, "a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the city's newer district, and a loud crash from the hills.
Revelation 18:17-19
because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast -- seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off