Jeremiah 50:22

Contemporary English Version

Sounds of war and the noise of destruction can be heard.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sound of war is in the land—a crushing blow!

Hebrew Names Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

English Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!

New American Standard Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

New Century Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country; it is the noise of much destruction.

Amplified Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And [the noise of] great destruction.

World English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A crie of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.

Legacy Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land,And great destruction.

Berean Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land-the noise of great destruction.

Complete Jewish Bible
"The sound of battle is heard in the land, with great destruction!

Darby Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country. It is the noise of much destruction.

George Lamsa Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Good News Translation
The noise of battle is heard in the land, and there is great destruction.

Lexham English Bible
The sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.

Literal Translation
A sound of battle is in the land and of great ruin.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter & greate murthur, namely on this maner:

American Standard Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Bible in Basic English
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.

King James Version (1611)
A sound of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther [namelye on this maner]

English Revised Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The vois of batel and greet sorewe in the lond.

Update Bible Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Webster's Bible Translation
A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.

New English Translation
The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.

New King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.

New Living Translation
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.

New Life Bible
The noise of battle is in the land, and much is destroyed.

New Revised Standard
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.

Revised Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!

Young's Literal Translation
A noise of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.

THE MESSAGE
"The thunderclap of battle shakes the foundations! The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition. I set out a trap and you were caught in it. O Babylon, you never knew what hit you, Caught and held in the steel grip of that trap! That's what you get for taking on God .

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

Contextual Overview

²¹ The Lord said: I have told the enemies of Babylonia, "Attack the people of Merathaim and Pekod. Kill them all! Destroy their possessions!" ²² Sounds of war and the noise of destruction can be heard. ²³ Babylonia was a hammer pounding every country, but now it lies broken. What a shock to the nations of the world! ²⁴ Babylonia challenged me, the Lord God All-Powerful, but that nation doesn't know it is caught in a trap that I set. ²⁵ I've brought out my weapons, and with them I will put a curse on Babylonia. ²⁶ Come from far away, you enemies of Babylon! Pile up the grain from its storehouses, and destroy it completely, along with everything else. ²⁷ Kill the soldiers of Babylonia, because the time has come for them to be punished. ²⁸ The Babylonian army destroyed my temple, but soon I will take revenge. Then refugees from Babylon will tell about it in Zion. ²⁹ Attack Babylon, enemy archers; set up camp around the city, and don't let anyone escape. It challenged me, the holy God, so do to it what it did to other cities. ³⁰ People of Babylon, I, the Lord , promise that even your best soldiers will lie dead in the streets.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

A sound of battle [is] in the land,.... In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the land, and of the Chaldeans arming themselves in their own defence:

and of great destruction; in the same land; or in Babylon, as Abarbinel supplies it; this is the consequent of the former.