Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of war in the land, and a great breaking.
New American Standard Bible
And great destruction.
King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Holman Bible
a great destruction.
International Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
A Conservative Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
American Standard Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Amplified
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.
Bible in Basic English
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
Darby Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
King James 2000
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sound of battle [is] in the land, and great destruction.
Modern King James verseion
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is gone about the land a cry of a slaughter and great murder, namely on this manner:
NET Bible
The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.
New Heart English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.
Webster
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
World English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
A noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
21 Go up against the land of double rebellion, against her, and against the inhabitants of Pekod, laying waste and destroying after them, says Jehovah; and do according to all which I commanded thee. 22 The voice of war in the land, and a great breaking. 23 How was the hammer of all the earth cut off, and it will be broken! How was Babel for a desolation among the nations!
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19-21
My bowels, my bowels! I shall afflict the walls of my heart; my heart made commotion to me; I shall not be silent, for the voice of the trumpet thou didst hear, O my soul, the tumult of war.
Jeremiah 51:54-56
The voice of a cry from Babel, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans:
Isaiah 21:2-4
A hard vision was announced to me: The spoiler spoiled, and he laying waste, laid waste. Go up, O Elam: press, O Media; all her sighing I caused to cease.