Jeremiah 51:60
What does Jeremiah 51:60 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 51:60 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book--all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon Babylon: all these words that are written against Babylon.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.
Context
v.59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
v.60This passage
v.61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 36:2
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
- Revelation 1:11
saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Habakkuk 2:2
And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
- Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
- Jeremiah 36:32
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.
- Daniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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