Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their
For the Lord is a God of
He will fully repay.
King James Version
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Holman Bible
against Babylon.
Her warriors will be captured,
their bows shattered,
for the Lord is a God of retribution;
He will certainly repay.
International Standard Version
Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.
A Conservative Version
For the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces. For LORD is a God of recompenses; he will surely requite.
American Standard Version
for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
Amplified
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon;
And her mighty warriors will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the Lord is a God of [just] restitution;
He will fully repay.
Bible in Basic English
For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
Darby Translation
For the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the God of recompences, will certainly requite.
Julia Smith Translation
For he spoiling came upon her, upon Babel, and her strong ones were taken, their bow was broken: for the God of recompenses, Jehovah requiting will requite.
King James 2000
Because the plunderer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, everyone of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a destroyer [is] coming against her, against Babylon, and her warriors are captured. Their bows are broken; for Yahweh [is] a God of recompense, certainly he will repay.
Modern King James verseion
because the ravager has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are captured. Every one of their bows is broken, for Jehovah, the God of vengeance, shall surely repay.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the destroyers shall come upon her, even upon Babylon, which shall take her worthies and brake their bows: for God is disposed to avenge himself upon them, and sufficiently to recompense them.
NET Bible
For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God who punishes; he pays back in full.
New Heart English Bible
for the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the LORD is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
The Emphasized Bible
For there hath come upon her - upon Babylon - a spoiler, And captured are their heroes And broken are their bows, - For, a GOD of recompenses, is Yahweh, He will surely repay.
Webster
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite.
World English Bible
for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
Youngs Literal Translation
For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
55
Because the LORD destroys Babylon and takes out of her the many thunders, her waves shall roar; like many waters shall be the sound of their voice:
56
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their
For the Lord is a God of
He will fully repay.
Cross References
Psalm 46:9
He makes wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire.
Psalm 94:1-2
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself.
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver each one his soul that ye not perish because of her iniquity, for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
Jeremiah 51:48
Then the heavens and the earth and all that is therein shall sing praises over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, said the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the other peoples shall spoil thee because of human blood and for the robberies of the land, of the cities, and of all that dwell therein.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance and recompense are mine, in the time when their foot shall slide; for the day of their calamity is at hand and that which is determined upon them makes haste.
Psalm 76:3
There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the war. Selah.
Isaiah 59:18
so as to give payment, so as to repay the vengeance of his enemies, and repay his adversaries; to the islands he will give recompense.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, said the LORD.
Genesis 49:24
but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty one of Jacob; from there did the stone of Israel shepherd,
1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the mighty men have been broken, and the weak are girded with strength.
Psalm 37:15
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards thee as thou hast served us.
Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is shown unto me. For one who is treacherous, another who deals treacherously, and for one destroyer, another destroyer. Rise up, Elam; besiege Media; all the sighing thereof I have made to cease.
Isaiah 34:8
For it shall be the day of the LORD's vengeance and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those that are of a fearful heart, Be comforted, fear not; behold, your God comes with vengeance, with recompense; God himself will come and save you.
Jeremiah 49:35
Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Behold, I break the bow of Elam, the foundation of their might.
Jeremiah 50:10
And the land of the Chaldeans shall be for a spoil; all that spoil her shall come forth full, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:28-29
The voice of those that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 50:36
A sword is upon the fortune-tellers; and they shall be fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be broken.
Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight; they have remained in their holds; their might has failed; they became as women: the enemies have burned her dwellingplaces; they have broken her bars.
Ezekiel 39:3
and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Ezekiel 39:9
And those that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn weapons, and shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, and handstaves, and spears, and they shall burn them in the fire for seven years:
2 Thessalonians 1:6
seeing it is a just thing with God to recompense tribulation to those that trouble you
Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns which thou didst see upon the beast, these shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
Revelation 18:5-6
For her sins have reached unto the heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your cause upon her.
Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.