Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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!

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:

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!

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 Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah. 54 A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean. 55 For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.



Cross References

Jeremiah 50:22

A noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Jeremiah 48:3-5

A voice of a cry is from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.

Jeremiah 50:46

From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!

Isaiah 13:6-9

Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart is toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third year, For -- the ascent of Luhith -- With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.

Jeremiah 50:27

Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.

Jeremiah 50:43

Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

Zephaniah 1:10

And there hath been in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, The noise of a cry from the fish-gate, And of a howling from the Second, And of great destruction from the hills.

Revelation 18:17-19

'And every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, far off stood,

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