Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

New American Standard Bible

O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

King James Version

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Holman Bible

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.

International Standard Version

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

A Conservative Version

O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

American Standard Version

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

Amplified


O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.

Bible in Basic English

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Darby Translation

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Julia Smith Translation

O daughter of Babel laying waste; happy he recompensing to thee thy retribution thou didst to us

King James 2000

O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.

Modern King James verseion

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who will repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us.

NET Bible

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

New Heart English Bible

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.

The Emphasized Bible

O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!

Webster

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

World English Bible

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.

Youngs Literal Translation

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

of Babylon
בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

who art to be destroyed
שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

thee as thou hast served
גּמל 
Gamal 
Usage: 37

References

Context Readings

Lament During The Babylonian Exile

7 Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Down with it! Down with it, even to the ground!" 8 O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.


Cross References

Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she filled unto you.

Isaiah 13:1-22

This is the heavy burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amos did see.

Psalm 149:6-9

Let the praises of God be in their mouth, and two-edged swords in their hands,

Isaiah 14:4-24

Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end?

Isaiah 21:1

This is the heavy burden of the waste sea: A grievous vision was showed unto me, even as the stormy weather that passeth through at the noonday, to come from the wilderness, from that horrible land.

Isaiah 44:28

I say to Cyrus, "Thou art mine herdsman," so that he shall fulfill all things after my will. I say unto Jerusalem, "Be thou builded," and to the temple, "Be thou fast grounded."

Isaiah 47:1-15

But as for thee O daughter, thou virgin Babylon, thou shalt sit in the dust. Thou shalt sit upon the ground, and not in a throne, O thou maiden of Chaldea. Thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasant.

Jeremiah 25:12-14

When the seventy years are expired, I will visit also the wickedness of the king of Babylon and his people sayeth the LORD: yea, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it a perpetual wilderness,

Jeremiah 50:1-64

The words that the LORD spake unto the prophet Jeremiah, concerning Babylon, and the land of the Chaldeans:

Zechariah 2:7

Save thy self, O Zion, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Revelation 14:8-11

And there followed another angel, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen; that great city, for she made all nations drink of the wine of her fornication."

Revelation 17:1-18

And there came one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, "Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters,

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."

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