Jeremiah 51:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.”

Jeremiah 51:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 51:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 51:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.”

Jeremiah 51:8 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 51:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. ”

Jeremiah 51:8 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 51:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.”

Jeremiah 51:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 51:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. ”

Jeremiah 51:8 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 51:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.”

Jeremiah 51:8 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 51:8 in Context — Jeremiah 51

6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

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What Does Jeremiah 51:8 Mean?

Jeremiah 51:8 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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