Jeremiah 51:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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,”
Jeremiah 51:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:31 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jeremiah 51:31 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jeremiah 51:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.”
Jeremiah 51:31 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: ”
Jeremiah 51:31 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city--at the extremity.”
Jeremiah 51:31 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end; ”
Jeremiah 51:31 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken on a side thereof,”
Jeremiah 51:31 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:31 in Context — Jeremiah 51
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,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
What Does Jeremiah 51:31 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:31 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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