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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 50:30

People of Babylon, I, the Lord , promise that even your best soldiers will lie dead in the streets.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Belshazzar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Lance, Lancet;   Persia, Persians;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Kite;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cut;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, her young men will fallin her public squares;all the warriors will perish in that day.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says the LORD.
King James Version
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord .
English Standard Version
Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will perish on that day," declares the LORD.
New Century Version
So her young men will be killed in her streets. All her soldiers will die on that day," says the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her soldiers will be destroyed on that day," says the LORD.
World English Bible
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streetes, and al her men of warre shalbe destroied in that day, sayeth the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore her young men will fall in her open squares,And all her men of war will be silenced in that day," declares Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will perish in that day," declares the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is why her young men will fall in her open places, why all her warriors will be silenced on that day," says Adonai .
Darby Translation
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets; and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Babylon's young men will be killed in the streets. All her soldiers will die on that day." This is what the Lord says.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be silenced on that day.
Good News Translation
So its young men will be killed in the city streets, and all its soldiers will be destroyed on that day. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore her young men will fall in her public squares, and all her soldiers will perish on that day," declares Yahweh.
Literal Translation
So her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be silenced in that day, declares Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes, & all hir men of warre shal be roted out in yt daye, saieth the LORDE.
American Standard Version
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore shall her young men fall in her broad places, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streets, & all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall her young men fall downe in the streetes, and all her men of warre shalbe rooted out in that day saith the Lorde.
English Revised Version
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor yonge men therof schulen falle doun in the stretis therof, and alle men werriours therof schulen be stille in that dai, seith the Lord.
Update Bible Version
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
New English Translation
So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord .
New King James Version
Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day," says the LORD.
New Living Translation
Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed," says the Lord .
New Life Bible
So her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be made quiet in that day," says the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore, shall her young men fall in her broadways, - And, all her men of war, be silenced in that day, Declareth Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets: and all her men of war shall hold their peace in that day, saith the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Therefore: Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing all they met.

her young: Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 51:3, Jeremiah 51:4, Isaiah 13:15-18

all her: Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 51:56, Jeremiah 51:57, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 19:18

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 50:35 - upon her princes Daniel 7:4 - the wings

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets,.... Or "surely" f; it is the form of an oath, according to Jarchi Cyrus, when he took Babylon, ordered proclamation to be made that the inhabitants should keep within doors; and that whoever were found in the streets should be put to death g, as doubtless many were:

and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord; as Belshazzar and his guards were h; see Daniel 5:30; compare with this

Revelation 19:18.

f לכן "certe". g Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 23. h Ibid.


 
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