Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their
For the Lord is a God of
He will fully repay.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
against Babylon.
Her warriors will be captured,
their bows shattered,
for the Lord is a God of retribution;
He will certainly repay.
International Standard Version
Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.
A Conservative Version
For the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces. For LORD is a God of recompenses; he will surely requite.
American Standard Version
for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
Amplified
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon;
And her mighty warriors will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the Lord is a God of [just] restitution;
He will fully repay.
Bible in Basic English
For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
Darby Translation
For the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the God of recompences, will certainly requite.
Julia Smith Translation
For he spoiling came upon her, upon Babel, and her strong ones were taken, their bow was broken: for the God of recompenses, Jehovah requiting will requite.
King James 2000
Because the plunderer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, everyone of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a destroyer [is] coming against her, against Babylon, and her warriors are captured. Their bows are broken; for Yahweh [is] a God of recompense, certainly he will repay.
Modern King James verseion
because the ravager has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are captured. Every one of their bows is broken, for Jehovah, the God of vengeance, shall surely repay.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the destroyers shall come upon her, even upon Babylon, which shall take her worthies and brake their bows: for God is disposed to avenge himself upon them, and sufficiently to recompense them.
NET Bible
For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God who punishes; he pays back in full.
New Heart English Bible
for the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the LORD is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
The Emphasized Bible
For there hath come upon her - upon Babylon - a spoiler, And captured are their heroes And broken are their bows, - For, a GOD of recompenses, is Yahweh, He will surely repay.
Webster
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 recompenses shall surely requite.
World English Bible
for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
Youngs Literal Translation
For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
55
And He will make her loud
And their
The tumult of their voices
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their
For the Lord is a God of
He will fully repay.
Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a
Cross References
Psalm 46:9
He
He
Psalm 94:1-2
God of
Jeremiah 51:6
And each of you save his life!
Do not be
For this is the
He is going to
Jeremiah 51:48
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
For
Declares the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:8
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence
To the town and all its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 32:35
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’
Psalm 76:3
The shield and the sword and the
Isaiah 59:18
Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will
Jeremiah 51:24
“But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of
Genesis 49:24
And
From the hands of the
(From there is
1 Samuel 2:4
Psalm 37:15
And their
Psalm 137:8
How blessed will be the one who
With
Isaiah 21:2
The
Go up,
I have made an end of all
Isaiah 34:8
A year of recompense for the
Isaiah 35:4
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with
The
But He will
Jeremiah 49:35
‘Behold, I am going to
The
Jeremiah 50:10
All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:28-29
To declare in Zion the
Vengeance for His
Jeremiah 50:36
A sword against her
Jeremiah 51:30
They stay in the strongholds;
They are becoming
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The
Ezekiel 39:3
I will
Ezekiel 39:9
“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will
2 Thessalonians 1:6
Revelation 17:16
And the
Revelation 18:5-6
for her sins have
Revelation 18:20
Revelation 19:2