Jeremiah 51:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.”
Jeremiah 51:40 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:40 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jeremiah 51:40 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jeremiah 51:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.”
Jeremiah 51:40 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. ”
Jeremiah 51:40 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.”
Jeremiah 51:40 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. ”
Jeremiah 51:40 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I wil bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, and like rams and goates.”
Jeremiah 51:40 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:40 in Context — Jeremiah 51
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!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
What Does Jeremiah 51:40 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:40 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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