Jeremiah 51:39 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.”
Jeremiah 51:39 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:39 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 51:39 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When they are inflamed, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 51:39 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:39 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah. ”
Jeremiah 51:39 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:39 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not--an affirmation of Jehovah.”
Jeremiah 51:39 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:39 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“When they are heated, I will prepare their drink, and I will make them drunken, that they may exult, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah. ”
Jeremiah 51:39 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:39 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“In their heate I will make them feastes, and I wil make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and sleepe a perpetual sleepe, and not wake, sayth the Lord.”
Jeremiah 51:39 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:39 in Context — Jeremiah 51
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
What Does Jeremiah 51:39 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:39 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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