Jeremiah 51:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 51:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 51:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 51:29 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. ”
Jeremiah 51:29 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 51:29 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. ”
Jeremiah 51:29 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the land shall tremble and sorow: for the deuise of the Lord shalbe performed against Babel, to make the lande of Babel waste without an inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 51:29 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:29 in Context — Jeremiah 51
27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
What Does Jeremiah 51:29 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:29 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 51. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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