Jeremiah 51:42

What does Jeremiah 51:42 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 51:42 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The sea is come up over Babylon : she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

Context

v.41How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

v.42This passage

v.43Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 18:4

    The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

  • Luke 21:25

    And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

  • Psalms 65:7

    Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

  • Psalms 42:7

    Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • Isaiah 8:7

    now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

  • Jeremiah 51:55

    For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

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