Jeremiah 51:38
What does Jeremiah 51:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 51:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall roar together like young lions, growl as lions' whelps.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
- Zechariah 11:3
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
- Isaiah 35:9
No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- Nahum 2:11
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
- Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
- Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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