Jeremiah 51:41 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
Jeremiah 51:41 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:41 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 51:41 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!”
Jeremiah 51:41 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:41 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”
Jeremiah 51:41 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:41 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.”
Jeremiah 51:41 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:41 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
Jeremiah 51:41 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:41 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“How is Sheshach taken! and howe is the glory of the whole earth taken! how is Babel become an astonishment among the nations!”
Jeremiah 51:41 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:41 in Context — Jeremiah 51
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.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
What Does Jeremiah 51:41 Mean?
Jeremiah 51:41 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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