Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be stirring from the remote parts of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
And a great nation and many kings
Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
King James Version
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Holman Bible
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.
International Standard Version
"Look, people are coming from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the ends of the earth.
A Conservative Version
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the outermost parts of the earth.
American Standard Version
Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
Darby Translation
Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, a people coming from the north and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the thighs of the earth.
King James 2000
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, a people [is] about to come from [the] north, and a great nation and many kings are woken up from [the] remotest part of [the] earth.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, a people shall come from the north, even a great nation; and many kings shall be stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, there shall come a people from the North, with a great bound of men, and many kings shall stand up from the ends of the earth.
NET Bible
"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
New Heart English Bible
"Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! a people coming in from the North, - Yea, a great nation and many kings, shall be round up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Webster
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the borders of the earth.
World English Bible
Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 50:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
40
“As when God overthrew Sodom
And Gomorrah and their neighboring cities,” says the Lord,
“So no man will live there;
Nor shall any son of man live there.”
“Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be stirring from the remote parts of the earth.
“They seize their bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no compassion.
They sound like the roaring of the sea;
They ride on horses,
Every man equipped like a man [ready] for the battle
Against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
Cross References
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Lift up a signal in the land [to spread the news]!
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Dedicate the nations [for war] against her;
Call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
Cause the horses to come up like bristly locusts [with their wings not yet released from their cases].
Isaiah 13:2-5
Lift up a signal banner on the bare mountain,
Summon them [the Medes and Persians] with a loud voice,
Wave the [beckoning] hand so that they may enter the doorways of the [Babylonian] nobles.
Jeremiah 6:22-23
Thus says the Lord,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north country,
And a great nation shall be stirred up and put into action from the remote parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 50:9
“For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like an expert warrior
Who will not return empty-handed.
Isaiah 13:17-18
Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Jeremiah 25:14
(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even the Chaldeans [who enslaved other nations]; and I will repay [all of] them according to their deeds and according to the work of their [own] hands.)’”
Jeremiah 50:2-3
“Declare among the nations.
Lift up a signal [to spread the news]—publish and proclaim it,
Do not conceal it; say,
‘Babylon has been taken,
Bel [the patron god] has been shamed,
Babylon’s images have been shamed, her [worthless] idols have been thrown down.’
Jeremiah 51:1-2
Thus says the Lord:
And against the [rebellious] people of Leb-kamai (Chaldea)
A destroying wind and hostile spirit;
Jeremiah 51:11
Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the
Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;
For that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns which you saw, and the