Parallel Verses
Amplified
And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.
New American Standard Bible
And as soon as you finish reading this
King James Version
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
Holman Bible
When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
International Standard Version
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a rock around it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, when thou have made an end of reading this book, that thou shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
American Standard Version
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:
Bible in Basic English
And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:
Darby Translation
And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;
Julia Smith Translation
And it was as thou finishedst to read this book, thou shalt bind upon it a stone and cast it into the midst of Phrath
King James 2000
And it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:
Lexham Expanded Bible
{And then} when you finish reading aloud this scroll, you must tie a stone on it, and you must throw it into the middle of [the] Euphrates.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, you shall tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of Euphrates.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when thou hast read out the book, bind a stone to it, and cast it in the midst of Euphrates,
NET Bible
When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
New Heart English Bible
It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall be when thou hast made an end of reading this scroll, that thou shalt bind thereunto a stone, and cast it in the midst of the Euphrates,
Webster
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
World English Bible
It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
Themes
Euphrates » Casts the scroll containing the prophecies against babylon into
Euphrates, the » Prophecies respecting babylon thrown into, as a sign
Persia » Prophecies concerning
Prophets » Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people
Symbols and similitudes » The book thrown into the euphrates river
Interlinear
Kalah
Cepher
'eben
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:63
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Judgment On Babylon
62
and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off and destroy it, so that there shall be nothing living in it, neither man nor animal, but it will be perpetually desolate.’
63 And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.
64
Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink down and not rise because of the disaster that I will bring on her; and the Babylonians will become [hopelessly] exhausted.’” Thus the words of Jeremiah are completed.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 19:10-11
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,
Revelation 18:21
Then a single powerful angel picked up a boulder like a great millstone and flung it into the sea, saying, “With such violence will Babylon the great city be hurled down [by the sudden, spectacular judgment of God], and will never again be found.