Jeremiah 51:57 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.”
Jeremiah 51:57 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 51:57 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 51:57 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.”
Jeremiah 51:57 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 51:57 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. ”
Jeremiah 51:57 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:57 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not--an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.”
Jeremiah 51:57 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 51:57 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. ”
Jeremiah 51:57 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 51:57 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I will make drunke her princes, and her wise men, her dukes, and her nobles, and her strong men: and they shall sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, sayth the King, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.”
Jeremiah 51:57 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 51:57 in Context — Jeremiah 51
55 Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
What Does Jeremiah 51:57 Mean?
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